K14.9
BillableDisease of tongue, unspecified
Disease of tongue, unspecified
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Glossopathy NOS
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
- Tongue DiseaseC0040409
- Disease of tongue, unspecifiedC0040409
- Disease, TongueC0040409
- Diseases of tongueC0040409
- Diseases, TongueC0040409
- Disorder of tongueC0040409
- Disorder of tongue (disorder)C0040409
- Disorder tongueC0040409
- TONGUE DISC0040409
- Tongue DiseasesC0040409
- Tongue DisorderC0040409
- Tongue DisordersC0040409
- Tongue diseaseC0040409
- Tongue disorderC0040409
- Tongue disorder NOSC0040409
- Tongue disordersC0040409
- Unspecified condition of the tongueC0040409
- disease of tongueC0040409
- disease tongueC0040409
- diseases of the tongueC0040409
- diseases of tongueC0040409
- diseases tongueC0040409
- disorders tongueC0040409
- tongue diseaseC0040409
- tongue diseasesC0040409
- tongue disorderC0040409
- tongue disorder diseaseC0040409
- Glossopathy NOSC1398819
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code K14.9?
ICD-10-CM code K14.9 represents "Disease of tongue, unspecified". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is K14.9 a billable code?
Yes, K14.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is K14.9 in?
K14.9 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
Are additional codes required with K14.9?
Yes, when using K14.9 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 K14.9 map to?
K14.9 maps to 3 SNOMED CT concepts: 69244009, 300246005, 238908006. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for K14.9?
K14.9 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0040409, C1398819. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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