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Diseases of the digestive system
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Dental caries
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.7
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.7
Dental root caries
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- K02.7 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 K02.7 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K02.7 - other international versions of ICD-10 K02.7 may differ.
The following code(s) above
K02.7 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
K02.7:
Approximate Synonyms
- Primary dental caries, root surface origin
ICD-10-CM K02.7 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 K02.7 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
- root K02.7 (dental) (tooth)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K02.7
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
K02.7
Dental root caries
K02.9 Dental caries, unspecified
K03 Other diseases of hard tissues of teeth
K03.0 Excessive attrition of teeth
K03.3 Pathological resorption of teeth
K03.6 Deposits [accretions] on teeth
K03.7 Posteruptive color changes of dental hard tissues
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.