K13.79
K13.79: Other lesions of oral mucosa
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K13.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other lesions of oral mucosa. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K13.79 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Focal oral mucinosis
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K13.79
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K13.79
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- L98.5Mucinosis of the skin
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K13.79 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Palatoplegia
- Stomatorrhagia
- Atrophy, atrophic›buccal cavity
- Cicatrix›mouth
- Cicatrix›palate(soft)
- Deformity›mouth(acquired)
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›mouth
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic›uvula
- Lesion›buccal cavity
- Lesion›mouth
- Mucinosis›oral
- Mucocele›buccal cavity
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.