K11.6

Applicable To

• Mucous extravasation cyst of salivary gland

• Mucous retention cyst of salivary gland

• Ranula

Approximate Synonyms

• Bilateral parotid cyst

• Bilateral parotid cysts

• Extravasation cyst of salivary gland

• Left parotid cyst

• Parotid cyst

• Ranula

• Right parotid cyst

• Salivary extravasation cyst

• Salivary gland mucocele

• Salivary mucocele or ranula

• Salivary ranula

Clinical Information

• A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of one side of the mouth. It is also called sublingual cyst and sublingual ptyalocele.

Details

• K11.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K11.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K11.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 K11.6 may differ.