Catalog

Suppurative otitis media

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Suppurative otitis media – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1528565412

This involves a perforation (hole) in the tympanic membrane and active bacterial infection within the middle ear space for several weeks or more. There may be enough pus that it drains to the outside of the ear (otorrhea), or the purulence may be minimal enough to only be seen on examination using a binocular microscope, unspecified.