K00.4

K00.4: Disturbances in tooth formation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K00.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disturbances in tooth formation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K00.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Hutchinson's teeth and mulberry molars in congenital syphilis (A50.5)

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

mottled teeth (K00.3)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Aplasia and hypoplasia of cementum
Dilaceration of tooth
Enamel hypoplasia (neonatal) (postnatal) (prenatal)
Regional odontodysplasia
Turner's tooth

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K00.4

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K00: Disorders of tooth development and eruption

embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Dilaceration, tooth
Odontodysplasia, regional
Amelogenesis imperfecta›nonhereditaria(segmentalis)
Aplasia›cementum
Calcification›dentinal papilla
Ghost›teeth
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›cementum
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›enamel of teeth(neonatal) (postnatal) (prenatal)
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic›Turner's
Pitting›teeth
Turner's›hypoplasia(tooth)
Turner's›tooth

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K00