Nasal valve collapse

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2025 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

J34.820 Internal nasal valve collapse (also a header)
J34.821 External nasal valve collapse (also a header)
J34.829 Nasal valve collapse, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2025 to now.

FY2025 Added to the code set Nasal valve collapse

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J34.81	Nasal mucositis (ulcerative)	Valid
J34.83	Odontogenic sinusitis	Not billable
J34.89	Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses	Valid