J34.8Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

J34.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses. It belongs to category J34 (other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses), block J30-J39 (other diseases of upper respiratory tract) and chapter 10 (diseases of the respiratory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within J34, choose J34.8 (Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose (J34.0), cyst and mucocele of nose and nasal sinus (J34.1), Deviated nasal septum (J34.2), hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3) and unspecified disorder of nose and nasal sinuses (J34.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: J34.81 ((ulcerative)), J34.82 (collapse), J34.83 (sinusitis) and J34.89 (sinuses).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.