K13.3
K13.3: Hairy leukoplakia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K13.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hairy leukoplakia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K13.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above K13.3
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K13.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K13.3 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
- A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Leukoplakia›hairy(oral mucosa) (tongue)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.