J34.0
Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose
J34.0 (also written J340) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 19 codes in category J34 (Other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 7 entries. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction and 10 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
Also from chapter/block level (7 notes)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- varicose ulcer of nasal septum (I86.8)
Also from chapter/block level (9 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Home Health Primary
Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the Wound clinical group.
Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Cellulitis of nose
- Necrosis of nose
- Ulceration of nose
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 7 entries
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), nose (external) (fossa) (septum)
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), postnasal
- Carbuncle, nose (external) (septum)
- Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative), nose (septum) (external)
- Furuncle, nose
- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic), nose
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, nose, nasal (passage) (infective) (septum)