J34.8210

J34.8210: External nasal valve collapse, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J34.8210 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for external nasal valve collapse, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check J34.8210 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J34.8210

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J34: Other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

varicose ulcer of nasal septum (I86.8)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

J34.8210 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Collapse›nasal valve›external

Code history

addedFY2024-FY2027
External nasal valve collapse, unspecified