K12.2Billable
Cellulitis and abscess of mouth
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Cellulitis of mouth (floor)
- •Submandibular abscess
Billable Code
K12.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for facial swelling
facial swelling
View TemplatesFacial Swelling
View documentation for gingival abscess
gingival abscess
View TemplatesGingival Abscess
View documentation for jaw swelling
jaw swelling
View TemplatesPrimary
Swelling of Jaw
View documentation for oral abscess
oral abscess
View TemplatesPeriapical Abscess
View documentation for uvulitis
uvulitis
View TemplatesUvulitis
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
8 items
Use Additional Code
From K12:
- •code to identify:
- •alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- •exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- •exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- •history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- •occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- •tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- •tobacco use (Z72.0)