Valid for Submission
J34.0 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code J34.0 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abscess of external nose, abscess of nasal cavity, abscess of nasal septum, abscess of nose, boil of external nose, carbuncle of face, etc
| ICD-10: | J34.0 |
| Short Description: | Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose |
| Long Description: | Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose |
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code J34.0:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Cellulitis of nose
- Necrosis of nose
- Ulceration of nose
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code J34.0 are found in the index:
- - Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) - L02.91
- - nose (external) (fossa) (septum) - J34.0
- - postnasal - J34.0
- - Carbuncle - L02.93
- - nose (external) (septum) - J34.0
- - Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) - L03.90
- - nose (septum) (external) - J34.0
- - Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) - See Also: Gangrene;
- - nose - J34.0
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abscess of external nose
- Abscess of nasal cavity
- Abscess of nasal septum
- Abscess of nose
- Boil of external nose
- Carbuncle of face
- Carbuncle of nasal septum
- Carbuncle of nose
- Cellulitis and abscess of face
- Cellulitis and abscess of nose
- Cellulitis of external nose
- Cellulitis of nasal mucous membrane
- Classical histoplasmosis mucosal ulceration
- Classical histoplasmosis nasal ulceration
- Furuncle of face
- Furuncle of nasal cavity
- Furuncle of nasal septum
- Nasal vestibulitis
- Necrosis of nasal septum
- Necrosis of nasal turbinates
- Necrosis of nose
- Skin ulcer of nose
- Ulcer of nasal septum
- Ulcer of nose
- Ulcer of nose
- Ulcer of skin of face
- Ulcerated nasal mucosa
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code J34.0 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.
- 154 - OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
- 155 - OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITH CC
- 156 - OTHER EAR, NOSE, MOUTH AND THROAT DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC
Convert J34.0 to ICD-9
- 478.19 - Nasal & sinus dis NEC (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020