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K13.29

Other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
K13.2code
Excludes1
  • carcinoma in situ of oral epithelium (D00.0-)D00.0-
  • hairy leukoplakia (K13.3)K13.3
K13code
Excludes2
  • certain disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge (K05-K06)K05-K06
  • cysts of oral region (K09.-)K09.-
  • diseases of tongue (K14.-)K14.-
  • stomatitis and related lesions (K12.-)K12.-
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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 13
K13code
Includes
  • epithelial disturbances of tongue
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
K13.29code
Inclusion terms
  • Erythroplakia of mouth or tongue
  • Focal epithelial hyperplasia of mouth or tongue
  • Leukoedema of mouth or tongue
  • Other oral epithelium disturbances
Index entries leading here 10
  • Psoriasis L40.9
  • Tylosis (acquired) L84
  • Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
    • oral epithelium, including tongue NEC K13.29
    • keratinization NEC
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • Erythroplakia, oral epithelium, and tongue K13.29
  • Ichthyosis (congenital) Q80.9
  • Leukoedema, oral epithelium K13.29
  • Lingua
  • White — see also condition
  • Plaque (s)
Alongside this code 4 same parent — K13.2
K13.21 Leukoplakia of oral mucosa, including tongue K13.22 Minimal keratinized residual ridge mucosa K13.23 Excessive keratinized residual ridge mucosa K13.24 Leukokeratosis nicotina palati
Additional references
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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
K13.2
Block
K00-K14
Siblings
4

Present FY2024–FY2027.