2021 ICD-10-CM Code Q38.3
Other congenital malformations of tongue
Valid for Submission
Q38.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other congenital malformations of tongue. The code Q38.3 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code Q38.3 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like aberrant insertion of frenum of tongue, bifid tongue, cleft tongue, combined malformation of central nervous system and skeletal muscle, congenital adhesions of tongue , congenital anomaly of tongue, etc. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
ICD-10: | Q38.3 |
Short Description: | Other congenital malformations of tongue |
Long Description: | Other congenital malformations of tongue |
Code Classification
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code Q38.3:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Aglossia
- Bifid tongue
- Congenital adhesion of tongue
- Congenital fissure of tongue
- Congenital malformation of tongue NOS
- Double tongue
- Hypoglossia
- Hypoplasia of tongue
- Microglossia
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code Q38.3 are found in the index:
- - Accessory (congenital)
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) - K66.0
- - congenital - See Also: Anomaly, by site;
- - tongue (to gum or roof of mouth) - Q38.3
- - tongue, congenital (to gum or roof of mouth) - Q38.3
- - congenital - See Also: Anomaly, by site;
- - Aglossia (congenital) - Q38.3
- - Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) - Q89.9
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - Bifid (congenital)
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - Bifurcation (congenital)
- - tongue, congenital - Q38.3
- - Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- - congenital NEC - Q89.8
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - congenital NEC - Q89.8
- - Deformity - Q89.9
- - tongue (congenital) - Q38.3
- - Distortion (s) (congenital)
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - Fissure, fissured
- - tongue (acquired) - K14.5
- - congenital - Q38.3
- - tongue (acquired) - K14.5
- - Furrowed - K14.5
- - tongue - K14.5
- - congenital - Q38.3
- - tongue - K14.5
- - Hypoglossia - Q38.3
- - Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - Malformation (congenital) - See Also: Anomaly;
- - lingual - Q38.3
- - tongue (congenital) - Q38.3
- - Malposition
- - congenital
- - tongue - Q38.3
- - congenital
- - Microglossia (congenital) - Q38.3
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Aberrant insertion of frenum of tongue
- Bifid tongue
- Cleft tongue
- Combined malformation of central nervous system and skeletal muscle
- Congenital adhesions of tongue
- Congenital anomaly of tongue
- Congenital anomaly of tongue, salivary gland AND/OR pharynx
- Congenital malformation of tongue, mouth and pharynx
- Congenital malposition of tongue
- Congenital nuclear ophthalmoplegia
- Congenital plicated tongue
- Congenital plicated tongue
- Congenital protrusion of tongue
- Cyst of tongue
- Digestive duplication cyst of tongue
- Facial milia, lobate tongue, lingual and labial frenula syndrome
- Lobulated tongue
- Microglossia
- Mucogingival deformity on edentulous ridge
- Mucogingival deformity on edentulous ridge due to aberrant insertion of frenum of tongue
- Ophthalmoplegia, intellectual disability, lingua scrotalis syndrome
- Plicated tongue
- Plicated tongue
- Tongue absent
- Trifid tongue
Present on Admission (POA)
Q38.3 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here .
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
POA Indicator Code | POA Reason for Code | CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG? |
---|---|---|
Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. | YES |
N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. | NO |
U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | NO |
W | Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | YES |
1 | Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. | NO |
Convert Q38.3 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code Q38.3 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Information for Patients
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A birth defect is a problem that happens while a baby is developing in the mother's body. Most birth defects happen during the first 3 months of pregnancy. One out of every 33 babies in the United States is born with a birth defect.
A birth defect may affect how the body looks, works or both. Some birth defects like cleft lip or neural tube defects are structural problems that can be easy to see. To find others, like heart defects, doctors use special tests. Birth defects can range from mild to severe. Causes can include
- Genetics
- Exposures to medicines or chemicals. For example, alcohol abuse can cause fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Infections during pregnancy
- Certain medicines. Before you get pregnant, talk to your health care provider about any medicines you take.
- Not getting enough of certain nutrients. For example, not getting enough folic acid before and during pregnancy is a key factor in causing neural tube defects.
For most birth defects, the cause is unknown.
Health care providers can diagnose certain birth defects during pregnancy, with prenatal tests. That's why it important to get regular prenatal care. Other birth defects may not be found until after the baby is born. Sometimes the defect is obvious right away. Other times, the health care provider may not discover it until later in life.
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Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and chew. You also use it to speak. Your tongue is made up of many muscles. The upper surface contains your taste buds.
Problems with the tongue include
- Pain
- Swelling
- Changes in color or texture
- Abnormal movement or difficulty moving the tongue
- Taste problems
These problems can have many different causes. Treatment depends on the underlying problem.
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)