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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.

Check K00.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K00.7

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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with K00.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K00

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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