738.0 ACQ NOSE DEFORMITY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 738.0

Short Description: Acq nose deformity

Long Description: Acquired deformity of nose

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
    • Osteopathies, chondropathies, and acquired musculoskeletal deformities (730-739)
      • 738 Other acquired deformity
        • 738.0 Acq nose deformity

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 738.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
    • nose (congenital) 748.1
      • acquired 738.0
  • Atresia, atretic (congenital) 759.89
    • nose, nostril 748.0
      • acquired 738.0
  • Bent
    • nose 738.0
      • congenital 754.0
  • Closure
    • nose (congenital) 748.0
      • acquired 738.0
  • Collapse 780.2
    • nose 738.0
  • Deformity 738.9
    • bone (acquired) NEC 738.9
      • turbinate 738.0
    • nose, nasal (cartilage) (acquired) 738.0
      • bone (turbinate) 738.0
      • congenital 748.1
        • bent 754.0
        • squashed 754.0
      • saddle 738.0
        • syphilitic 090.5
      • septum 470
        • congenital 748.1
      • sinus (wall) (congenital) 748.1
        • acquired 738.0
      • syphilitic (congenital) 090.5
        • late 095.8
    • saddle
      • nose 738.0
        • syphilitic 090.5
  • Depression 311
    • nose 738.0
  • Flattening
    • nose (congenital) 754.0
      • acquired 738.0
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • nasal 478.19
      • bone 738.0
  • Overdevelopment - see also Hypertrophy
    • nasal bones 738.0
  • Prominence
    • nose (congenital) 748.1
      • acquired 738.0
  • Saddle
    • nose 738.0
      • congenital 754.0
      • due to syphilis 090.5
  • Squashed nose 738.0
    • congenital 754.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 738.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
738.0 Right Arrow M95.0 Acquired deformity of nose
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
738.10 Unspecified acquired deformity of head
738.11 Zygomatic hyperplasia
738.12 Zygomatic hypoplasia
738.19 Other specified acquired deformity of head
738.2 Acquired deformity of neck
738.3 Acquired deformity of chest and rib
738.4 Acquired spondylolisthesis
738.5 Other acquired deformity of back or spine
738.6 Acquired deformity of pelvis
738.7 Cauliflower ear
738.8 Acquired deformity of other specified site
738.9 Acquired deformity of unspecified site


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