K02.51
K02.51 — Dental caries on pit and fissure surface limited to enamel
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K02.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dental caries on pit and fissure surface limited to enamel. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- White spot lesions [initial caries] on pit and fissure surface of tooth
Risk adjustment
K02.51 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 K02.51 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 K02.51.
- Caries›initial›chewing surface
- Caries›initial›pit and fissure surface
- Lesion›white spot›chewing surface
- Lesion›white spot›pit and fissure surface
- White›spot lesions, teeth›chewing surface
- White›spot lesions, teeth›pit and fissure surface
- Caries›dental›chewing surface›limited to enamel
- Caries›dental›pit and fissure surface›limited to enamel
- Lesion›tooth, teeth›white spot›chewing surface
- Lesion›tooth, teeth›white spot›pit and fissure surface
- Caries›dental›coronal surface›chewing surface›limited to enamel
- Caries›dental›coronal surface›pit and fissure surface›limited to enamel
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K02.5. If K02.51 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K02.51
- Is K02.51 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K02.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K02.51 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).