K13.2
Header — not billableLeukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue
The ICD-10 code for leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tongue is K13.2.
K13.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- K13.0Diseases of lips
- K13.1Cheek and lip biting
- K13.3Hairy leukoplakia
- K13.4Granuloma and granuloma-like lesions of oral mucosa
- K13.5Oral submucous fibrosis
- K13.6Irritative hyperplasia of oral mucosa
- K13.7Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosanon-billable header
- K13.2Leukoplakia and other disturbances of oral epithelium, including tonguenon-billable header