Is K00.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. K00.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does K00.7 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).

K00.7

K00.7 — Teething syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K00.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for teething syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Other codes that can never be billed with K00.7

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K00.7. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K00.7 alone.

R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy

Risk adjustment

K00.7 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How K00.7 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K00.7.

Dentition(syndrome)
Teething(syndrome)
Dentition›difficult
Syndrome›teething

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K00. If K00.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K00.7

Is K00.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. K00.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does K00.7 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).