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K06.012

K06.012Localized gingival recession, moderate

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K06.012 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for localized gingival recession, moderate. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K06.012

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of K06.012, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge

  • acute gingivitis (K05.0)
  • atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2)
  • chronic gingivitis (K05.1)
  • gingivitis NOS (K05.1)

Risk adjustment

K06.012 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 K06.012 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 K06.012.

  • Recession, recedinggingivallocalizedmoderate

Code history

K06.012 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K06.01. If K06.012 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K06.012

Is K06.012 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. K06.012 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does K06.012 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.