K06.020
K06.020 — Generalized gingival recession, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K06.020 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for generalized gingival recession, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Generalized gingival recession, NOS
Risk adjustment
K06.020 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 K06.020 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 K06.020.
- Recession, receding›gingival›generalized
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K06.02. If K06.020 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K06.020
- Is K06.020 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K06.020 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K06.020 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).