K14.5

K14.5: Plicated tongue

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K14.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for plicated tongue. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K14.5 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.

fissured tongue, congenital (Q38.3)

Inclusion terms

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

Fissured tongue
Furrowed tongue
Scrotal tongue

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K14.5

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Furrowed
Grooved tongue
Plicated tongue
Scrotal tongue
Fissure, fissured›tongue(acquired)
Furrowed›tongue
Lingua›plicata

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K14