529.0 GLOSSITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 529.0

Short Description: Glossitis

Long Description: Glossitis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands, and jaws (520-529)
      • 529 Diseases and other conditions of the tongue
        • 529.0 Glossitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 529.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • lingual 529.0
      • tonsil 475
    • tongue (staphylococcal) 529.0
  • Aphthae, aphthous - see also condition
    • cachectic 529.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Fede's 529.0
    • Riga (-Fede) (cachectic aphthae) 529.0
  • Fede's disease 529.0
  • Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
    • glossitis 529.0
  • Gingivoglossitis 529.0
  • Glossitis 529.0
    • areata exfoliativa 529.1
    • atrophic 529.4
    • benign migratory 529.1
    • gangrenous 529.0
    • Hunter's 529.4
    • median rhomboid 529.2
    • Moeller's 529.4
    • pellagrous 265.2
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • tongue NEC 529.0
      • parasitic 112.0
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • tongue 529.0
  • Papillitis 377.31
    • tongue 529.0
  • Riga's disease (cachectic aphthae) 529.0
  • Riga-Fede disease (cachectic aphthae) 529.0
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
    • tongue (traumatic) 529.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 529.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
529.0 Right Arrow K14.0 Glossitis
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
529.1 Geographic tongue
529.2 Median rhomboid glossitis
529.3 Hypertrophy of tongue papillae
529.4 Atrophy of tongue papillae
529.5 Plicated tongue
529.6 Glossodynia
529.8 Other specified conditions of the tongue
529.9 Unspecified condition of the tongue


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014