K02.9
BillableDental caries, unspecified
Dental caries, unspecified
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Brown spot lesion of tooth15733007
- Decalcification of tooth15733007
- Incipient enamel caries15733007
- Incipient enamel dental caries15733007
- Initial dental caries15733007
- Initial, noncavitated demineralized lesion, limited to outer half of enamel15733007
- Tooth decalcification15733007
- White spot lesion of tooth15733007
- Dead pulp42711005
- Devitalised pulp42711005
- Devitalized pulp42711005
- Necrosis of the pulp42711005
- Necrotic pulp42711005
- Pulp gangrene42711005
- Pulp necrosis42711005
- Pulpal necrosis42711005
- Putrescent pulpitis42711005
- Cavitated lesion limited to enamel80353004
- Dental caries confined to enamel80353004
- Enamel caries80353004
- Simple dental caries80353004
- Simple dental cavity80353004
- Carious lesion80967001
- Dental caries80967001
- Dental cavity80967001
- Dental decay80967001
- Teeth decayed80967001
- Tooth caries80967001
- Tooth decay80967001
- Tooth decayed80967001
- Salivary dysfunction caries secondary to ageing95246007
- Salivary dysfunction caries secondary to aging95246007
- Salivary dysfunction caries caused by medication95247003
- Salivary dysfunction caries secondary to medication95247003
- Radiation caries95248008
- Radiation dental caries95248008
- Radiation-induced tooth decay95248008
- Salivary dysfunction caries following radiation therapy95248008
- Salivary dysfunction caries following radiotherapy95248008
- Salivary dysfunction caries95249000
- Salivary dysfunction caries secondary to salivary gland disease95249000
- Salivary dysfunction dental caries95249000
- Xerostomia-related dental caries95249000
- Secondary dental caries associated with failed or defective dental restoration95252008
- Secondary dental caries associated with local or systemic factors95253003
- Secondary dental caries95254009
- Dental caries associated with enamel hypocalcification109564008
- Dental caries associated with enamel hypomineralisation109564008
- Dental caries associated with enamel hypomineralization109564008
- Dental caries associated with enamel hypoplasia109566005
- Dental caries secondary to developmental defects of tooth structure109568006
- Dental caries secondary to acquired defects of tooth structure109569003
- Primary dental caries109570002
- Primary dental caries of indeterminate origin109571003
- Primary dental caries, multisurface origin109577004
- Primary dental caries, multisurfaces of tooth109577004
- Caries of infancy109578009
- Caries of infancy associated with breastfeeding109580003
- Nursing caries109580003
- Baby bottle tooth decay109581004
- Caries of infancy associated with bottle feeding109581004
- Insufficient clinical crown height due to dental caries110315000
- Acute dentine dental caries196298000
- Chronic dentine dental caries196299008
- Acute enamel caries196301001
- Acute enamel dental caries196301001
- Chronic enamel dental caries196302008
- Rampant dental caries234976000
- Injury of salivary gland235131006
- Caries active251330002
- Caries inactive251332005
- Injury of salivary apparatus284001007
- Dental caries activity - finding366237003
- Finding of dental caries activity366237003
- Caries involving multiple surfaces of tooth442231009
- Dental caries extending into dentin442551007
- Dental caries extending into dentine442551007
- Dentin caries442551007
- Dentine caries442551007
- Dental caries class I699489009
- Dental caries class II699490000
- Dental caries class III699491001
- Dental caries class IV699492008
- Dental caries class V699494009
- Dental caries class VI699495005
- Nonrestorable carious tooth699683004
- Carious exposure of pulp700046006
- Dental caries extending to pulp700046006
- Early childhood caries702402003
- Extensive cavitated lesion with exposed dentine702646000
- Moderate cavitated lesion limited to outer half of dentin703339005
- Interproximal enamel caries711174000
- Demineralisation of tooth716305005
- Demineralization of tooth716305005
- Caries of cervical margin of tooth716364007
- Cervical caries716364007
- Dental caries due to fluorine deficiency721159001
- Fluorine deficiency dental caries721159001
- Primary active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733939000
- Primary active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733940003
- Primary active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733941004
- Primary active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733942006
- Primary active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733943001
- Recurrent active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733944007
- Secondary active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733944007
- Recurrent active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733945008
- Secondary active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733945008
- Recurrent active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733946009
- Secondary active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733946009
- Recurrent active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733947000
- Secondary active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733947000
- Recurrent active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733948005
- Secondary active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733948005
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733949002
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733950002
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733951003
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733952005
- Recurrent non-active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733954006
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into outer half of enamel733954006
- Recurrent non-active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733955007
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into inner half of enamel733955007
- Recurrent non-active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733957004
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into outer third of dentin733957004
- Recurrent non-active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733958009
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into middle third of dentin733958009
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733961005
- Recurrent non-active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733962003
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into inner third of dentin733962003
- Active dental caries733968004
- Primary active dental caries extending into enamel733970008
- Primary active enamel dental caries733970008
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into enamel733971007
- Primary non-active enamel dental caries733971007
- Primary active dental caries extending into dentin733972000
- Primary active dentin dental caries733972000
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into dentin733973005
- Primary non-active dentin dental caries733973005
- Secondary active dental caries extending into enamel733974004
- Secondary active enamel dental caries733974004
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into enamel733975003
- Secondary non-active enamel dental caries733975003
- Secondary active dental caries extending into dentin733976002
- Secondary active dentin dental caries733976002
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into dentin733977006
- Secondary non-active dentin dental caries733977006
- Primary non-active dental caries extending into pulp733978001
- Primary active dental caries extending into pulp733980007
- Secondary active dental caries extending into pulp733982004
- CHACS - curly hair, acral keratoderma, caries syndrome763686007
- Curly hair, acral keratoderma, caries syndrome763686007
- Secondary non-active dental caries extending into pulp767855004
- Initial stage caries of crown of tooth768639006
- Initial stage coronal caries768639006
- Initial stage active caries of crown of tooth768641007
- Initial stage active coronal caries768641007
- Initial stage non-active caries of crown of tooth768642000
- Initial stage non-active coronal caries768642000
- Moderate stage caries of crown of tooth768643005
- Moderate stage coronal caries768643005
- Moderate stage active caries of crown of tooth768646002
- Moderate stage active coronal caries768646002
- Moderate stage non-active caries of crown of tooth768648001
- Moderate stage non-active coronal caries768648001
- Extensive stage caries of crown of tooth768649009
- Extensive stage coronal caries768649009
- Extensive stage active caries of crown of tooth768653006
- Extensive stage active coronal caries768653006
- Extensive stage non-active caries of crown of tooth768654000
- Extensive stage non-active coronal caries768654000
- Dental arch length loss789510003
- Dental arch length loss due to dental caries789512006
- Primary caries in outer half of enamel1287576005
- Primary dental caries extending into outer half of enamel1287576005
UMLS
- CARIES DENTC0011334
- CariesC0011334
- Caries dentalC0011334
- Caries, DentalC0011334
- Cariosity of teethC0011334
- Carious LesionC0011334
- Carious LesionsC0011334
- Carious lesionC0011334
- Carious teethC0011334
- CavitiesC0011334
- Cavities, DentalC0011334
- Cavity, DentalC0011334
- DECAY DENTC0011334
- DENT CARIESC0011334
- DENT DECAYC0011334
- Decay dentalC0011334
- Decay, DentalC0011334
- Dental CariesC0011334
- Dental CavitiesC0011334
- Dental CavityC0011334
- Dental DecayC0011334
- Dental cariesC0011334
- Dental caries (disorder)C0011334
- Dental caries, unspecifiedC0011334
- Dental cavitiesC0011334
- Dental cavityC0011334
- Dental decayC0011334
- Early dental cariesC0011334
- Frequent cariesC0011334
- Lesion, CariousC0011334
- Lesions, CariousC0011334
- Teeth decayedC0011334
- Tooth DecayC0011334
- Tooth cariesC0011334
- Tooth caries NOSC0011334
- Tooth cavitiesC0011334
- Tooth decayC0011334
- Tooth decayedC0011334
- cariesC0011334
- cavityC0011334
- decay toothC0011334
- decayed teethC0011334
- decaying toothC0011334
- decays toothC0011334
- dental cariesC0011334
- dental cavitiesC0011334
- dental cavityC0011334
- dental decayC0011334
- saprodontiaC0011334
- tooth cariesC0011334
- tooth cavityC0011334
- tooth decayC0011334
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code K02.9?
ICD-10-CM code K02.9 represents "Dental caries, unspecified". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is K02.9 a billable code?
Yes, K02.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is K02.9 in?
K02.9 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
What SNOMED CT codes does K02.9 map to?
K02.9 maps to 95 SNOMED CT concepts: 733968004, 196298000, 196301001, 109581004, 15733007, and 90 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for K02.9?
K02.9 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0011334. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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