K00.6

K00.6: Disturbances in tooth eruption

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K00.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disturbances in tooth eruption. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K00.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

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.

embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)

Inclusion terms

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

Dentia praecox
Natal tooth
Neonatal tooth
Premature eruption of tooth
Premature shedding of primary [deciduous] tooth
Prenatal teeth
Retained [persistent] primary tooth

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K00.6

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

Dentia praecox
Natal tooth, teeth
Dentition›delayed
Dentition›precocious
Dentition›premature
Dentition›retarded
Eruption›tooth, teeth, abnormal(incomplete) (late) (premature) (sequence)
Neonatal›tooth, teeth
Prenatal›teeth
Retention›deciduous tooth
Shedding›premature, primary teeth(deciduous)
Anomaly, anomalous›tooth, teeth›eruption

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K00