- Q38.3 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 Q38.3 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Q38.3 – other international versions of ICD-10 Q38.3 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Q38.3 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
- Aglossia
- Bifid tongue
- Congenital adhesion of tongue
- Congenital fissure of tongue
- Congenital malformation of tongue NOS
- Double tongue
- Hypoglossia
- Hypoplasia of tongue
- Microglossia
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
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Q38.3:
- tongue, congenital > Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
- tongue > Accessory (congenital)
- tongue (to gum or roof of mouth) > congenital
- tongue, congenital (to gum or roof of mouth) > Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
- tongue > Agenesis
- tongue > Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- tongue > Bifid (congenital)
- tongue, congenital > Bifurcation (congenital)
- tongue > congenital NEC Q89.8
- tongue (congenital) > Deformity Q89.9
- tongue (downward) (congenital) > Displacement, displaced
- tongue > Distortion (s) (congenital)
- tongue > Double
- congenital > tongue (acquired) K14.5
- congenital > tongue K14.5
- tongue > Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- lingual > Malformation (congenital)
- tongue (congenital) > Malformation (congenital)
- tongue > congenital Q89.1
- tongue > Trifid