ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J30-J39 › J34 Other and unspecified disorders of... › J34.0
Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from J34 Other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses
Excludes2 - not included here
- varicose ulcer of nasal septum (I86.8)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Boil
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Carbunculus
- Furunculosis
- Mortification
- Pericellulitis
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Folliculitis > deep
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > with gangrene
- Abscess > nose
- Furuncle > nose
- Carbuncle > nose
- Cellulitis > nose
- Abscess > postnasal
- Necrosis, necrotic > nose
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > nose, nasal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J34.1 | Cyst and mucocele of nose and nasal sinus | Valid |
| J34.2 | Deviated nasal septum | Valid |
| J34.3 | Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates | Valid |
| J34.8 | Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses | Not billable |
| J34.9 | Unspecified disorder of nose and nasal sinuses | Valid |