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K14.3

Hypertrophy of tongue papillae

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
K14code
Excludes2
  • erythroplakia (K13.29)K13.29
  • focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29)K13.29
  • leukoedema of tongue (K13.29)K13.29
  • leukoplakia of tongue (K13.21)K13.21
  • hairy leukoplakia (K13.3)K13.3
  • macroglossia (congenital) (Q38.2)Q38.2
  • submucous fibrosis of tongue (K13.5)K13.5
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
K14.3code
Inclusion terms
  • Black hairy tongue
  • Coated tongue
  • Hypertrophy of foliate papillae
  • Lingua villosa nigra
K14code
Use additional code
  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)F10.-
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
  • 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
Index entries leading here 10
  • Acanthosis (acquired) (nigricans) L83
  • Anthracosis (lung) (occupational) J60
  • Black
  • Coated tongue K14.3
  • Glossophytia K14.3
  • Glossotrichia K14.3
  • Hairy black tongue K14.3
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • Lingua
  • Strawberry
    • tongue (red) (white) K14.3
Alongside this code 8 same parent — K14
K14.0 Glossitis K14.1 Geographic tongue K14.2 Median rhomboid glossitis 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
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
K14
Block
K00-K14
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.