J34.8200 — Internal nasal valve collapse, unspecified
J34.8200 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for internal nasal valve collapse, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
J34.8200 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J34.8200 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
- A57473Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A57473Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
How J34.8200 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to J34.8200.
- Collapse›nasal valve›internal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J34.820. If J34.8200 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J34.8200
- Is J34.8200 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. J34.8200 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does J34.8200 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39).