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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 K02.51
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.51
Dental caries on pit and fissure surface limited to enamel
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- K02.51 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K02.51 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K02.51 - other international versions of ICD-10 K02.51 may differ.
Applicable To- White spot lesions [initial caries] on pit and fissure surface of tooth
The following code(s) above
K02.51 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
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- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
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that may be applicable to
K02.51:
- K00-K95
2021 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive systemType 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- K02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02
Dental caries
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
- K02.5
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
Applicable To- Dental caries on chewing surface of tooth
- Dental caries limited to enamel
ICD-10-CM K02.51 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
- 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
- 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc
Convert K02.51 to ICD-9-CM
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
- Caries
- dental (dentino enamel junction) (early childhood) (of dentine) (pre-eruptive) (recurrent) (to the pulp) K02.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.9
Dental caries, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- initial (tooth)
- chewing surface K02.51
- pit and fissure surface K02.51
- Lesion(s) (nontraumatic)
- tooth, teeth K08.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K08.9
Disorder of teeth and supporting structures, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- white spot
- chewing surface K02.51
- pit and fissure surface K02.51
- white spot (tooth)
- chewing surface K02.51
- pit and fissure surface K02.51
- White - see also condition
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K02.51
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
K02.51
…… limited to enamel
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
K03.0 Excessive attrition of teeth
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
