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ICD-10-CM Codes
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Q00-Q99
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
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Q38-Q45
Other congenital malformations of the digestive system
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Q38-
Other congenital malformations of tongue, mouth and pharynx
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q38.2
Macroglossia
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- Q38.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM Q38.2 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q38.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 Q38.2 may differ.
Applicable To- Congenital hypertrophy of tongue
The following code(s) above
Q38.2 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
Q38.2:
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- Q38.2 is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM Q38.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses 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 Q38.2 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
Code annotations containing back-references to Q38.2:
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- tongue K14.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K14.8
Other diseases of tongue
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Atrophy of tongue
- Crenated tongue
- Enlargement of tongue
- Glossocele
- Glossoptosis
- Hypertrophy of tongue
- Macroglossia (congenital) Q38.2
- Malformation (congenital) - see also Anomaly
- tongue (congenital) Q38.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q38.3
Other congenital malformations of tongue
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Q38.2
Q37.1 Cleft hard palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.2 Cleft soft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.3 Cleft soft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.4 Cleft hard and soft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.5 Cleft hard and soft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.8 Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.9 Unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q38 Other congenital malformations of tongue, mouth and pharynx
Q38.0 Congenital malformations of lips, not elsewhere classified
Q38.2
Macroglossia
Q38.3 Other congenital malformations of tongue
Q38.4 Congenital malformations of salivary glands and ducts
Q38.5 Congenital malformations of palate, not elsewhere classified
Q38.6 Other congenital malformations of mouth
Q38.7 Congenital pharyngeal pouch
Q38.8 Other congenital malformations of pharynx
Q39 Congenital malformations of esophagus
Q39.0 Atresia of esophagus without fistula
Q39.1 Atresia of esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula
Q39.2 Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula without atresia
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
