K14.1
K14.1 — Geographic tongue
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K14.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for geographic tongue. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Benign migratory glossitis
- Glossitis areata exfoliativa
Risk adjustment
K14.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How K14.1 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K14.1.
- Geographic tongue
- Glossitis›areata exfoliativa
- Glossitis›benign migratory
- Lingua›geographica
- Rash›wandering tongue
- Erythema, erythematous›migrans›tongue
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K14. If K14.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K14.1
- Is K14.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K14.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K14.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).