K04.1
K04.1: Necrosis of pulp
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K04.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for necrosis of pulp. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K04.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pulpal gangrene
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Putrescent pulp(dental)
- Gangrene, gangrenous›pulpal(dental)
- Gangrene, gangrenous›tooth(pulp)
- Necrosis, necrotic›dental pulp
- Necrosis, necrotic›pulp(dental)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under K04
- K04.0Pulpitis
- K04.2Pulp degeneration
- K04.3Abnormal hard tissue formation in pulp
- K04.4Acute apical periodontitis of pulpal origin
- K04.5Chronic apical periodontitis
- K04.6Periapical abscess with sinus
- K04.7Periapical abscess without sinus
- K04.8Radicular cyst
- K04.9Other and unspecified diseases of pulp and periapical tissues