K02
K02: Dental caries
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dental caries. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead K02
5 child codes. Green means billable.