K11.8

Applicable To

• Benign lymphoepithelial lesion of salivary gland

• Mikulicz’ disease

• Necrotizing sialometaplasia

• Sialectasia

• Stenosis of salivary duct

• Stricture of salivary duct

Approximate Synonyms

• Bilateral parotid gland mass

• Bilateral parotid gland swelling

• Left parotid gland mass

• Left parotid gland swelling

• Lesion of salivary gland

• Mass of parotid gland

• Mass of salivary gland

• Obstruction of salivary duct

• Obstruction of salivary gland duct

• Parotid gland mass

• Parotid swelling

• Right parotid gland mass

• Right parotid gland swelling

• Salivary gland depression, submandibular

• Salivary gland lesion

• Salivary gland mass

• Stafne idiopathic bone cavity of mandible

• Stenosis of salivary duct

• Stenosis of salivary gland duct

• Swelling of parotid gland

Clinical Information

• A benign, inflammatory, variably ulcerated, occasionally bilateral, self-healing lesion of the minor salivary glands that is often confused clinically and histologically with carcinoma.

• A chronic, benign, and usually painless inflammatory swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands. It is considered by some to include the glandular enlargement associated with other diseases, such as sjogren’s syndrome, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, etc.

Details

• K11.8 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 K11.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K11.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 K11.8 may differ.