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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

K14.2 Median rhomboid glossitis

BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code

About K14.2

Code
K14.2
Billable
Yes
Short description
Median rhomboid glossitis
Category
K14 Diseases of tongue
Block
K00-K14 Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
Chapter
11 Diseases of the digestive system
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for K14.2

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from K14 Diseases of tongue

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • erythroplakia (K13.29)
  • focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29)
  • leukoedema 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 Add a second code for the detail named here.

  • 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)
Chapter 11 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • 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)

Related codes in K14

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