Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa - K13

This notation helps users understand the scope of a code K13 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.

Category Includes:

epithelial disturbances of tongue

Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "K13" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.

Use Additional:

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.

Type 2 Excludes:

certain disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge (K05-K06)
cysts of oral region (K09.-)
diseases of tongue (K14.-)
stomatitis and related lesions (K12.-)

These ranges represents subcategories of Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa. The "K13" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

K13.0 - Diseases of lips
K13.1 - Cheek and lip biting
K13.2 - Leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue
K13.21 - Leukoplakia of oral mucosa, including tongue
K13.22 - Minimal keratinized residual ridge mucosa
K13.23 - Excessive keratinized residual ridge mucosa
K13.24 - Leukokeratosis nicotina palati
K13.29 - Other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue
K13.3 - Hairy leukoplakia
K13.4 - Granuloma and granuloma-like lesions of oral mucosa
K13.5 - Oral submucous fibrosis
K13.6 - Irritative hyperplasia of oral mucosa
K13.7 - Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosa
K13.70 - Unspecified lesions of oral mucosa
K13.79 - Other lesions of oral mucosa