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ICD-10-CM Codes
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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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K00-K14
Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
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K02-
Dental caries
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.5
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.5
Dental caries on pit and fissure surface
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K02.5 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K02.5 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K02.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 K02.5 may differ.
Applicable To- Dental caries on chewing surface of tooth
The following code(s) above
K02.5 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
K02.5:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K02.5
K00.5 Hereditary disturbances in tooth structure, not elsewhere classified
K00.6 Disturbances in tooth eruption
K00.8 Other disorders of tooth development
K00.9 Disorder of tooth development, unspecified
K01 Embedded and impacted teeth
K02.3 Arrested dental caries
K02.5
Dental caries on pit and fissure surface
K02.52 …… penetrating into dentin
K02.53 …… penetrating into pulp
K02.6 Dental caries on smooth surface
K02.62 …… penetrating into dentin
K02.63 …… penetrating into pulp
K02.9 Dental caries, unspecified
K03 Other diseases of hard tissues of teeth
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.