K03.8
K03.8 — Other specified diseases of hard tissues of teeth
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K03.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified diseases of hard tissues of teeth. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K03.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K03.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K03.8 alone.
- S02.5Fracture of tooth (traumatic)
- S02.5XXAFracture of tooth (traumatic), initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.5XXBFracture of tooth (traumatic), initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.5XXDFracture of tooth (traumatic), subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.5XXGFracture of tooth (traumatic), subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.5XXKFracture of tooth (traumatic), subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.5XXSFracture of tooth (traumatic), sequela
- K08.53Fractured dental restorative material
Risk adjustment
K03.8 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.
Code to one of these instead K03.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K03. If K03.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K03.8
- Is K03.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K03.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K03.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).