ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K00-K14 › K13 Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa › K13.2
K13.2
Leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue
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 K13 Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa
Excludes2 - not included here
- certain disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge (K05-K06)
- cysts of oral region (K09.-)
- diseases of tongue (K14.-)
- stomatitis and related lesions (K12.-)
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)
Includes
- epithelial disturbances of tongue
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K13.0 | Diseases of lips | Valid |
| K13.1 | Cheek and lip biting | Valid |
| K13.3 | Hairy leukoplakia | Valid |
| K13.4 | Granuloma and granuloma-like lesions of oral mucosa | Valid |
| K13.5 | Oral submucous fibrosis | Valid |
| K13.6 | Irritative hyperplasia of oral mucosa | Valid |
| K13.7 | Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosa | Not billable |