K11.6
Mucocele of salivary gland
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 11
K11code
Use additional code
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)F10.-
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)P96.81
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
K11.6code
Inclusion terms
- Mucous extravasation cyst of salivary gland
- Mucous retention cyst of salivary gland
- Ranula
Index entries leading here 3
Alongside this code 9 same parent — K11
K11.0 Atrophy of salivary gland K11.1 Hypertrophy of salivary gland K11.2 Sialoadenitis category K11.3 Abscess of salivary gland K11.4 Fistula of salivary gland K11.5 Sialolithiasis K11.7 Disturbances of salivary secretion K11.8 Other diseases of salivary glands K11.9 Disease of salivary gland, unspecified
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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