K03.1
K03.1 — Abrasion of teeth
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K03.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abrasion of teeth. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dentifrice abrasion of teeth
- Habitual abrasion of teeth
- Occupational abrasion of teeth
- Ritual abrasion of teeth
- Traditional abrasion of teeth
- Wedge defect NOS
Risk adjustment
K03.1 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 K03.1 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 K03.1.
- Abrasion›dental
- Abrasion›tooth, teeth(dentifrice) (habitual) (hard tissues) (occupational) (ritual) (traditional)
- Defect, defective›teeth, wedge
- Defect, defective›wedge, tooth, teeth(abrasion)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K03. If K03.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- K03.0Excessive attrition of teeth
- K03.2Erosion of teeth
- K03.3Pathological resorption of teeth
- K03.4Hypercementosis
- K03.5Ankylosis of teeth
- K03.6Deposits [accretions] on teeth
- K03.7Posteruptive color changes of dental hard tissues
- K03.8Other specified diseases of hard tissues of teeth
- K03.9Disease of hard tissues of teeth, unspecified
Questions about K03.1
- Is K03.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K03.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K03.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).