ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
K00-K14 Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
K06- Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K06.021

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K06.021

Generalized gingival recession, minimal

2018 - New Code

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

K06.021 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 K06.021 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K06.021 - other international versions of ICD-10 K06.021 may differ.

The following code(s) above K06.021 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 K06.021:

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
K06
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K06
Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
Type 2 Excludes
- acute gingivitis (K05.0)
- atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2)
- chronic gingivitis (K05.1)
- gingivitis NOS (K05.1)
Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
K06.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K06.0
Gingival recession
Applicable To
- Gingival recession (postinfective) (postprocedural)
Gingival recession

ICD-10-CM K06.021 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 K06.021 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2018 (effective 10/1/2017): New code
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K06.021:

Recession, receding
- gingival (postinfective) (postoperative)
  - generalized K06.020
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K06.020
    Generalized gingival recession, unspecified
    2018 - New Code 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Generalized gingival recession, NOS
    - minimal K06.021

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K06.021

K05.6 Periodontal disease, unspecified

K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge

K06.0 Gingival recession

K06.01 Gingival recession, localized

K06.010 Localized gingival recession, unspecified

K06.011 Localized gingival recession, minimal

K06.012 Localized gingival recession, moderate

K06.013 Localized gingival recession, severe

K06.02 Gingival recession, generalized

K06.020 Generalized gingival recession, unspecified

K06.021 Generalized gingival recession, minimal

K06.022 Generalized gingival recession, moderate

K06.023 Generalized gingival recession, severe

K06.1 Gingival enlargement

K06.2 Gingival and edentulous alveolar ridge lesions associated with trauma

K06.3 Horizontal alveolar bone loss

K06.8 Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge

K06.9 Disorder of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge, unspecified

K08 Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures

K08.0 Exfoliation of teeth due to systemic causes

K08.1 Complete loss of teeth

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 K06.021

Generalized gingival recession, minimal

Diseases of the digestive system

Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge

Gingival recession

Generalized gingival recession, unspecified