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K09.1

K09.1: Developmental (nonodontogenic) cysts of oral region

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K09.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for developmental (nonodontogenic) cysts of oral region. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Cyst (of) incisive canal
  • Cyst (of) palatine of papilla
  • Globulomaxillary cyst
  • Median palatal cyst
  • Nasoalveolar cyst
  • Nasolabial cyst
  • Nasopalatine duct cyst

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K09.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K09: Cysts of oral region, not elsewhere classified

Other codes that can never be billed with K09.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M27.4Other and unspecified cysts of jaw

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K09.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cyst›developmental
  • Cyst›fissural(oral region)
  • Cyst›globulomaxillary
  • Cyst›incisive canal
  • Cyst›nasoalveolar
  • Cyst›nasolabial
  • Cyst›nasopalatine(anterior) (duct)
  • Cyst›palate(median) (fissural)
  • Cyst›palatine papilla(jaw)
  • Cyst›anterior›nasopalatine
  • Cyst›developmental›oral region(nonodontogenic)
  • Cyst›jaw›fissural

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K09

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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