K14.0

K14.0: Glossitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K14.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for glossitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K14.0 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.

atrophic glossitis (K14.4)

Inclusion terms

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

Abscess of tongue
Ulceration (traumatic) of tongue

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K14.0

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

Written on K14: Diseases of tongue

erythroplakia (K13.29)
focal epithelial hyperplasia (K13.29)
leukoedema of tongue (K13.29)
leukoplakia of tongue (K13.21)
hairy leukoplakia (K13.3)
macroglossia (congenital) (Q38.2)
submucous fibrosis of tongue (K13.5)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K14.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fede's disease
Gingivoglossitis
Glossitis(chronic superficial) (gangrenous) (Moeller's)
Moeller's glossitis
Riga disease(-Fede)
Abscess›lingual
Abscess›tongue(staphylococcal)
Aphthae, aphthous›cachectic
Disease, diseased›Fede's
Disease, diseased›Riga(-Fede) (cachectic aphthae)
Gangrene, gangrenous›glossitis
Glossitis›cortical superficial, sclerotic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.