ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
K00-K14 Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
K02- Dental caries

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.7

Dental root caries

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2020

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 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM K02.7 became effective on October 1, 2019.
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

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 K02.7:

K00-K95
2020 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
Type 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)
Diseases of the digestive system
K02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02
Dental caries
Includes
- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
Dental caries

Approximate Synonyms

Primary dental caries, root surface origin

ICD-10-CM K02.7 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K02.7:

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 Billable/Specific Code
  - root K02.7
- root K02.7 (dental) (tooth)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K02.7

K02 Dental caries

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

K02.61 …… limited to enamel

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

K03.1 Abrasion of teeth

K03.2 Erosion of teeth

K03.3 Pathological resorption of teeth

K03.4 Hypercementosis

K03.5 Ankylosis 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.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.7

Dental root caries

Diseases of the digestive system

Dental caries

Dental caries, unspecified