K14.8

K14.8: Other diseases of tongue

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K14.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other diseases of tongue. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Atrophy of tongue
Crenated tongue
Enlargement of tongue
Glossocele
Glossoptosis
Hypertrophy of tongue

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K14.8

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

K14.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A56868Billing and Coding: Outpatient Speech Language Pathology
A56905Billing and Coding: Surgical Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Crenated tongue
Glossocele
Glossoncus
Glossoplegia
Glossoptosis
Atrophy, atrophic›tongue(senile)
Cicatrix›tongue
Cyst›tongue
Enlargement, enlarged›tongue
Hemiatrophy›tongue
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›tongue
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic›frenulum, frenum(tongue)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.