K05.00

K05.00: Acute gingivitis, plaque induced

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K05.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute gingivitis, plaque induced. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Acute gingivitis NOS
Plaque induced gingival disease

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K05.00

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K05.0: Acute gingivitis

acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (A69.1)
herpesviral [herpes simplex] gingivostomatitis (B00.2)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Catarrh, catarrhal›gingivitis
Disease, diseased›Jourdain's(acute gingivitis)
Gingivitis›acute(catarrhal)
Catarrh, catarrhal›gingivitis›plaque induced
Disease, diseased›gingiva›plaque induced
Disease, diseased›Jourdain's›plaque induced
Gingivitis›acute›plaque induced
Infection, infected, infective›gingiva›acute
Infection, infected, infective›gum›acute
Infection, infected, infective›gingiva›acute›plaque induced
Infection, infected, infective›gum›acute›plaque induced

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K05.0

K05.01Acute gingivitis, non-plaque induced