K14.5
BillablePlicated tongue
Plicated tongue
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Fissured tongue
- Furrowed tongue
- Scrotal tongue
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- fissured tongue, congenital (Q38.3)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- 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)
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
UMLS
- Cracked tongueC0040412
- Fissured TongueC0040412
- Fissured TonguesC0040412
- Fissured tongueC0040412
- Furrowed TongueC0040412
- Furrowed TonguesC0040412
- Furrowed tongueC0040412
- Grooved tongueC0040412
- LINGUA PLICATAC0040412
- Lingua PlicataC0040412
- Lingua PlicatasC0040412
- Lingua plicataC0040412
- Lingual furrowC0040412
- Plicata, LinguaC0040412
- Plicatas, LinguaC0040412
- Plicated tongueC0040412
- Plicated tongue (disorder)C0040412
- Prominent tongue groovesC0040412
- SCROTAL TONGUEC0040412
- Scrotal TongueC0040412
- Scrotal TonguesC0040412
- Scrotal tongueC0040412
- Tongue fissuresC0040412
- Tongue, FissuredC0040412
- Tongue, FurrowedC0040412
- Tongue, ScrotalC0040412
- Tongues, FissuredC0040412
- Tongues, FurrowedC0040412
- Tongues, ScrotalC0040412
- fissure tongueC0040412
- fissured tongueC0040412
- fissures tongueC0040412
- fissuring tongueC0040412
- furrowed tongueC0040412
- lingua plicataC0040412
- plicated tongueC0040412
- scrotal tongueC0040412
- tongue fissureC0040412
- tongue fissuredC0040412
- tongue scrotalC0040412
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code K14.5?
ICD-10-CM code K14.5 represents "Plicated tongue". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is K14.5 a billable code?
Yes, K14.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is K14.5 in?
K14.5 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
What codes cannot be used with K14.5?
K14.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: fissured tongue, congenital (Q38.3).
Are additional codes required with K14.5?
Yes, when using K14.5 you should also code: 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).
What SNOMED CT codes does K14.5 map to?
K14.5 maps to 1 SNOMED CT concept: 52368004. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for K14.5?
K14.5 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0040412. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.