Q38.3
Other congenital malformations of tongue
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 3 never code together
Instructional notes 9
Q38.3code
Inclusion terms
- Aglossia
- Bifid tongue
- Congenital adhesion of tongue
- Congenital fissure of tongue
- Congenital malformation of tongue NOS
- Double tongue
- Hypoglossia
- Hypoplasia of tongue
- Microglossia
Index entries leading here 21
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- tongue, congenital Q38.3
- Accessory (congenital)
- tongue Q38.3
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
- Agenesis
- tongue Q38.3
- Aglossia (congenital) Q38.3
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- tongue Q38.3
- Bifid (congenital)
- tongue Q38.3
- Bifurcation (congenital)
- tongue, congenital Q38.3
- Furrowed K14.5
- Malposition
- congenital
- tongue Q38.3
- congenital
- Fissure, fissured
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- Deformity Q89.9
- tongue (congenital) Q38.3
- Displacement, displaced
- tongue (downward) (congenital) Q38.3
- Distortion (s) (congenital)
- tongue Q38.3
- Double
- tongue Q38.3
- Hypoglossia Q38.3
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- tongue Q38.3
- Malformation (congenital) — see also Anomaly
- Microglossia (congenital) Q38.3
- Trifid — see also Accessory
- tongue Q38.3
Alongside this code 8 same parent — Q38
Q38.0 Congenital malformations of lips, not elsewhere classified Q38.1 Ankyloglossia Q38.2 Macroglossia 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
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