K11.8

K11.8: Other diseases of salivary glands

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K11.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other diseases of salivary glands. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K11.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Sjögren syndrome (M35.0-)

Inclusion terms

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

Benign lymphoepithelial lesion of salivary gland
Mikulicz' disease
Necrotizing sialometaplasia
Sialectasia
Stenosis of salivary duct
Stricture of salivary duct

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K11.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Mikulicz' disease or syndrome
Pneumoparotid
Sialectasia
Sialometaplasia, necrotizing
Cyst›ranular
Dilatation›salivary gland(duct)
Dilatation›submaxillary duct
Disease, diseased›Mikulicz'(dryness of mouth, absent or decreased lacrimation)
Ectasia, ectasis›salivary gland(duct)
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›parotid duct or gland
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›salivary duct(any)
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›Stensen's duct

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.