K13.79

Other lesions of oral mucosa

Billable / specific

K13.79 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

  • Focal oral mucinosis

Includes (from K13)

  • epithelial disturbances of tongue

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

  • Focal oral mucinosis
  • Atrophy, atrophic, buccal cavity
  • Cicatrix, mouth
  • Cicatrix, palate
  • Deformity, mouth
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic, mouth
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic, palate, soft
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic, uvula
  • Insufficiency, insufficient, velopharyngeal, acquired
  • Lesion, buccal cavity
  • Lesion, mouth
  • Mucinosis, oral
  • Mucocele, buccal cavity
  • Pain, mouth
  • Palatoplegia
  • Paralysis, paralytic, palate

Parent code

  • K13.7Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosaHeader

Related codes

  • K13.70Unspecified lesions of oral mucosaBillable

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