K14.9

Disease of tongue, unspecified

Billable / specific

K14.9 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

  • Glossopathy NOS

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K14)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K14)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K14)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K14)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K14)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K14)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K14)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K14)
  • erythroplakia (K13.29) (from K14)
  • focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29) (from K14)
  • leukoedema of tongue (K13.29) (from K14)
  • leukoplakia of tongue (K13.21) (from K14)
  • hairy leukoplakia (K13.3) (from K14)
  • macroglossia (congenital) (Q38.2) (from K14)
  • submucous fibrosis of tongue (K13.5) (from K14)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify: (from K14)
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from K14)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from K14)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from K14)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from K14)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from K14)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from K14)

Also known as

  • Glossopathy NOS
  • Disease, diseased, tongue
  • Glossopathy

Parent code

  • K14Diseases of tongueHeader

Related codes

  • K14.0GlossitisBillable
  • K14.1Geographic tongueBillable
  • K14.2Median rhomboid glossitisBillable
  • K14.3Hypertrophy of tongue papillaeBillable
  • K14.4Atrophy of tongue papillaeBillable
  • K14.5Plicated tongueBillable
  • K14.6GlossodyniaBillable
  • K14.8Other diseases of tongueBillable

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