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Q38.4

Congenital malformations of salivary glands and ducts

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 3 never code together
Q38code
Excludes1
  • dentofacial anomalies (M26.-)M26.-
  • macrostomia (Q18.4)Q18.4
  • microstomia (Q18.5)Q18.5

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

Instructional notes 4
Q38.4code
Inclusion terms
  • Atresia of salivary glands and ducts
  • Congenital absence of salivary glands and ducts
  • Congenital accessory salivary glands and ducts
  • Congenital fistula of salivary gland
Index entries leading here 15
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
    • salivary gland (s) , congenital Q38.4
  • Accessory (congenital)
    • submaxillary gland Q38.4
    • parotid gland (and duct) Q38.4
    • salivary gland Q38.4
  • Agenesis
    • submaxillary gland (s) (congenital) Q38.4
    • parotid gland (s) Q38.4
    • salivary gland Q38.4
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
  • Atresia, atretic
  • Calculus, calculi, calculous
  • Ranula K11.6
  • Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
    • salivary duct or gland (any) K11.4
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
  • Deformity Q89.9
    • submaxillary gland (congenital) Q38.4
    • submandibular gland (congenital) Q38.4
    • parotid (gland) (congenital) Q38.4
    • salivary gland or duct (congenital) Q38.4
  • Displacement, displaced
    • parotid gland (congenital) Q38.4
    • salivary gland (any) (congenital) Q38.4
    • sublingual duct Q38.4
    • opening of Wharton's duct in mouth Q38.4
  • Duplication, duplex — see also Accessory
  • Fusion, fused (congenital)
    • sublingual duct with submaxillary duct at opening in mouth Q38.4
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
Alongside this code 8 same parent — Q38
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.

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
Q38
Block
Q38-Q45
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.