ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
K00-K14 Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
K14- Diseases of tongue
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K14.5

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K14.5

Plicated tongue

2016

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2021

Billable/Specific Code

K14.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K14.5 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K14.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 K14.5 may differ.

Applicable To

Fissured tongue
Furrowed tongue
Scrotal tongue

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as K14.5. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

fissured tongue, congenital (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q38.3
Other congenital malformations of tongue
Applicable To
- Aglossia
- Bifid tongue
- Congenital adhesion of tongue
- Congenital fissure of tongue
- Congenital malformation of tongue NOS
- Double tongue
- Hypoglossia
- Hypoplasia of tongue
- Microglossia
Q38.3
)

The following code(s) above K14.5 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to K14.5:

K00-K95
2021 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the digestive system
K14
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K14
Diseases of tongue
Type 2 Excludes
- erythroplakia (K13.29)
- focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29)
- leukedema 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 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)
Diseases of tongue

ICD-10-CM K14.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc

Convert K14.5 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K14.5:

Fissure, fissured
- tongue (acquired) K14.5
Furrowed K14.5
- tongue K14.5
Grooved tongue K14.5
Lingua
- plicata K14.5
Plicated tongue K14.5
Scrotal tongue K14.5

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K14.5

K13.6 Irritative hyperplasia of oral mucosa

K13.7 Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosa

K13.70 Unspecified lesions of oral mucosa

K13.79 Other lesions of oral mucosa

K14 Diseases of tongue

K14.0 Glossitis

K14.1 Geographic tongue

K14.2 Median rhomboid glossitis

K14.3 Hypertrophy of tongue papillae

K14.4 Atrophy of tongue papillae

K14.5 Plicated tongue

K14.6 Glossodynia

K14.8 Other diseases of tongue

K14.9 Disease of tongue, unspecified

K20 Esophagitis

K20.0 Eosinophilic esophagitis

K20.8 Other esophagitis

K20.80 …… without bleeding

K20.81 …… with bleeding

K20.9 Esophagitis, unspecified

K20.90 …… without bleeding

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K14.5

Plicated tongue

Other congenital malformations of tongue

Diseases of the digestive system

Diseases of tongue