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- Q38.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM Q38.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q38.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q38.6 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q38.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
- 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
- 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Congenital malformation of mouth NOS
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Q38.6:
- sebaceous glands, mucous membrane, mouth, congenital > Aberrant (congenital)
- lip > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- gum > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- mouth > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- alveolar process (acquired) > Aplasia
- congenital > alveolar process (acquired) Q38.6
- sublingual > congenital NEC Q89.8
- submaxillary gland > congenital NEC Q89.8
- congenital > mouth (acquired) K13.79
- Fordyce\’s (ectopic sebaceous glands) (mouth) > Disease, diseased
- sebaceous glands of mouth > Ectopic, ectopia (congenital)
- uvula > Elongated, elongation (congenital)
- parotid tissue in > Islands of
- lymph nodes > parotid tissue in Q38.6
- neck structures > parotid tissue in Q38.6
- submaxillary glands in > Islands of
- fascia > submaxillary glands in Q38.6
- lymph nodes > submaxillary glands in Q38.6
- neck muscles > submaxillary glands in Q38.6
- gum > Malformation (congenital)
- mouth (congenital) > Malformation (congenital)
- white sponge > mouth (mucosa) D10.30
- white sponge > oral mucosa D10.30