ICD-10-CM Code K02.6
Dental caries on smooth surface
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code K02.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of K02.6 that describes the diagnosis 'dental caries on smooth surface' in more detail.
- K02.6 Dental caries on smooth surface NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code K02 is used to code Dental caries
Dental caries, also known as tooth decay, cavities, or caries, is a breakdown of teeth due to activities of bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black. Symptoms may include pain and difficulty with eating. Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth, tooth loss, and infection or abscess formation.
| Specialty: | Dentistry |
| MeSH Code: | D003731 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 521.0 |
Destruction of a tooth by dental caries. This type of decay is also known as root decay.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K02.6 - Dental caries on smooth surface'
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Parent Code: K02 - Dental caries