External 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:

J34.8210 External nasal valve collapse, unspecified
J34.8211 External nasal valve collapse, static
J34.8212 External nasal valve collapse, dynamic

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2025 to now.

FY2025 Added to the code set External 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
J34.820	Internal nasal valve collapse	Not billable
J34.829	Nasal valve collapse, unspecified	Valid