Ankyloglossia

Description

A condition of the tongue, caused by short, tight, lingual frenulum or fusion of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. This condition is characterised by difficulty in speech articulation due to limitation or restriction in tongue movement.

Index terms

Ankyloglossia
Aberrant insertion of frenum of tongue
Aberrant insertion of labial frenulum

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Tongue tie
short frenulum linguae
short frenulum of tongue

Inclusions

Tongue tie

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

LA31.0 – Congenital macroglossia
LA31.1 – Hypoglossia or aglossia
LA31.3 – Macrostomia
LA31.4 – Microstomia
LA31.Y – Other specified structural developmental anomalies of mouth or tongue
LA31.Z – Structural developmental anomalies of mouth or tongue, unspecified

Foundation entity

Ankyloglossia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1838543063

Part of: LA31: Structural developmental anomalies of mouth or tongue › 20: Developmental anomalies