K13.0

Diseases of lips

Billable / specific

K13.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Abscess of lips
  • Angular cheilitis
  • Cellulitis of lips
  • Cheilitis NOS
  • Cheilodynia
  • Cheilosis
  • Exfoliative cheilitis
  • Fistula of lips
  • Glandular cheilitis
  • Hypertrophy of lips
  • Perlèche NEC

Includes (from K13)

  • epithelial disturbances of tongue

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • ariboflavinosis (E53.0)
  • cheilitis due to radiation-related disorders (L55-L59)
  • congenital fistula of lips (Q38.0)
  • congenital hypertrophy of lips (Q18.6)
  • Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.83)
  • Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K13)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K13)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K13)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K13)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K13)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K13)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K13)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K13)
  • certain disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge (K05-K06) (from K13)
  • cysts of oral region (K09.-) (from K13)
  • diseases of tongue (K14.-) (from K13)
  • stomatitis and related lesions (K12.-) (from K13)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify: (from K13)
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from K13)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from K13)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from K13)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from K13)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from K13)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from K13)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from K13)

Also known as

  • Abscess of lips
  • Angular cheilitis
  • Cellulitis of lips
  • Cheilitis NOS
  • Cheilodynia
  • Cheilosis
  • Exfoliative cheilitis
  • Fistula of lips
  • Glandular cheilitis
  • Hypertrophy of lips
  • Perlèche NEC
  • Abscess, lip
  • Angulus infectiosus
  • Atrophy, atrophic, lip
  • Baelz's disease
  • Cellulitis, lip
  • Cheilitis
  • Cyst, lip
  • Deformity, lipNEC
  • Disease, diseased, Baelz's
  • Disease, diseased, lip
  • Disease, diseased, Puente's
  • Disturbance, keratinization NEC, lip
  • Ectropion, lip

Parent code

  • K13Other diseases of lip and oral mucosaHeader

Related codes

  • K13.1Cheek and lip bitingBillable
  • K13.2Leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongueHeader
  • K13.3Hairy leukoplakiaBillable
  • K13.4Granuloma and granuloma-like lesions of oral mucosaBillable
  • K13.5Oral submucous fibrosisBillable
  • K13.6Irritative hyperplasia of oral mucosaBillable
  • K13.7Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosaHeader

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