Other oral mucositis (ulcerative)

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2010 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Other oral mucositis (ulcerative)

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K12 Stomatitis and related lesions

Excludes1 - never coded here

cancrum oris (A69.0)
cheilitis (K13.0)
gangrenous stomatitis (A69.0)
herpesviral [herpes simplex] gingivostomatitis (B00.2)
noma (A69.0)

Use additional code

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Mucositis > oral cavity
Mucositis > oral soft tissues
Mucositis > mouth > viral
Mucositis > mouth > specified NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K12.30	Oral mucositis (ulcerative), unspecified	Valid
K12.31	Oral mucositis (ulcerative) due to antineoplastic therapy	Valid
K12.32	Oral mucositis (ulcerative) due to other drugs	Valid
K12.33	Oral mucositis (ulcerative) due to radiation	Valid