K14 Non-Billable Code
Diseases of tongue
Chapter Classification
Chapter 11
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Section Detail
K00-K14
Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes2
- erythroplakia (K13.29)
- focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29)
- leukoedema of tongue (K13.29)
- leukoplakia of tongue (K13.21)
- hairy leukoplakia (K13.3)
- macroglossia (congenital) (Q38.2)
- submucous fibrosis of tongue (K13.5)
useAdditionalCode
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- K14.0 - Glossitis Billable
- K14.1 - Geographic tongue Billable
- K14.2 - Median rhomboid glossitis Billable
- K14.3 - Hypertrophy of tongue papillae Billable
- K14.4 - Atrophy of tongue papillae Billable
- K14.5 - Plicated tongue Billable
- K14.6 - Glossodynia Billable
- K14.8 - Other diseases of tongue Billable
- K14.9 - Disease of tongue, unspecified Billable
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