Diagnosis Code: 529.8

Short Description: Tongue disorder NEC

Long Description: Other specified conditions of the tongue

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
      • 529.8 Tongue disorder NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Acquired macroglossia
• Atrophy of tongue
• Beefy red tongue
• Bilateral paralysis of tongue
• Crenated tongue
• Cyst of tongue
• Denervation atrophy of tongue
• Dislocation of tongue
• Edema of the tongue
• Enlargement of tongue
• Fasciculation of tongue
• Furred tongue
• Glossocele
• Glossoptosis
• Hypoesthesia of tongue
• Increased protrusion of tongue
• Lateral deviation of tongue on protrusion
• Lichen planus of tongue
• On examination - macroglossia
• Overgrowth of filiform papillae
• Paralysis of tongue
• Polyp of tongue
• Strawberry tongue
• Unable to protrude tongue
• Unable to protrude tongue fully
• Unilateral paralysis of tongue
• Vascular tongue
• Wasting of tongue

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 529.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Acanthosis (acquired) (nigricans) 701.2
  • tongue 529.8

• Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
  • tongue (congenital) (to gum or roof of mouth) 750.12
    • acquired 529.8

• Atrophy, atrophic
  • tongue (senile) 529.8
    • papillae 529.4
    • smooth 529.4

• Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
  • tongue 529.8

• Crenated tongue 529.8

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • tongue (mucous) 529.8

• Deformity 738.9
  • tongue (congenital) 750.10
    • acquired 529.8

• Enlargement, enlarged - see also Hypertrophy
  • tongue 529.8

• Glossocele 529.8

• Glossoncus 529.8

• Glossoplegia 529.8

• Glossoptosis 529.8

• Hemiatrophy 799.89
  • tongue 529.8

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • tongue 529.8

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • oral soft tissue (inflammatory) (irritative) (mucosa) NEC 528.9
    • tongue 529.8

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • frenum, frenulum (tongue) 529.8
    • linguae 529.8
    • lip 528.5
  • linguae frenulum 529.8
  • tongue 529.8
    • congenital 750.15
    • frenum 529.8
    • papillae (foliate) 529.3

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • thyroglossal duct 529.8

• Macroglossia (congenital) 750.15
  • acquired 529.8

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • tongue 529.8

• Spasm, spastic, spasticity (see also condition) 781.0
  • tongue 529.8

• Thickening
  • tongue 529.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 529.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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