Cheilitis is an inflammation of the lips. It may be acute or chronic, involving the vermilion and/or surrounding skin of one or both lips. It is a frequent reason for consultation. This activity describes the causes, pathophysiology, and presentation of cheilitis and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in its management.
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Credit types
AAPA Category 1 Credit™Up to 1 creditAMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Up to 1 creditDentistryUp to 1 creditNursingUp to 1 creditPharmacyUp to 1 credit
MOC types
ABS — Accredited CMEUp to 1 pointABPATH — Lifelong LearningUp to 1 pointABTS — Accredited CMEUp to 1 pointABIM — Medical KnowledgeUp to 1 pointABS — Self-AssessmentUp to 1 pointABP — Lifelong Learning and Self-AssessmentUp to 1 pointABOHNS — Self-AssessmentUp to 1 pointABTS — Self-AssessmentUp to 1 point
FDA REMS
No
Qualifies for MIPS
No
Target Specialties
Cross-Specialty
Relevant across 8 specialties.
Specialties served/covered
- Addiction Medicine
- Adolescent Medicine
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology
- Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Breast Imaging
- Cardiac Anesthesia
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chemical Pathology
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Clinical Informatics
- Critical Care Medicine
- Cytopathology
- Dermatopathology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
- Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Forensic Pathology
- Gastroenterology
- General Internal Medicine
- General Operative Anesthesia
- General Otolaryngology
- General Pediatrics
- General Surgery
- Geriatric Medicine
- Head & Neck Surgery
- Hematology
- Hematopathology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Interventional Radiology
- Laryngology
- Medical Leadership & Administration
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Oncology
- Medical Toxicology
- Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
- Molecular Genetic Pathology
- Musculoskeletal Oncology
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neuro Anesthesia
- Neurocritical Care
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Neurological & Spinal Cord Injury Rehab
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- Neuropathology
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- Nuclear Medicine
- Obstetric Anesthesia
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- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Trauma
- Otology & Neurotology
- Pain Medicine
- Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Pediatric Pathology
- Pediatric Radiology
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Practice Management & Ethics
- Primary Care Sports Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain
- Rheumatology
- Rhinology
- Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
- Sleep Medicine
- Spine Surgery
- Surgery of the Hand & Upper Extremity
- Surgical Critical Care
- Surgical Oncology
- Thoracic Anesthesia
- Thoracic Surgery
- Transplant Hepatology
- Transplant Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Neurology
- Vascular Surgery
- Anesthesiology
- Cardio-Vascular
- Cross-Specialty
- Emergency & Critical Care
- ENT & Head Neck
- GI & Liver
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Subspecialties
- Neurology
- Ob/Gyn
- Oncology & Hematology
- Orthopedics
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- Pediatrics
- Primary care
- Radiology
- Rehabilitation
- Sports & Exercise Medicine
- Surgery
- Urology
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- Credit · Up to 1 credit
- MOC · Up to 1 point
- Fee varies · this provider typically $49–98
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ReleasedSep 1, 2026
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Last day to claim creditSep 1, 2029 3 years left
