K06.8 — Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
K06.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- gingival cyst (K09.0)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fibrous epulis
- Flabby alveolar ridge
- Giant cell epulis
- Peripheral giant cell granuloma of gingiva
- Pyogenic granuloma of gingiva
- Vertical ridge deficiency
Other codes that can never be billed with K06.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K06.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K06.8 alone.
- M27.1Giant cell granuloma, central
Risk adjustment
K06.8 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.
How K06.8 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 K06.8.
- Epulis(gingiva) (fibrous) (giant cell)
- Flabby ridge
- Ulorrhagia, ulorrhea
- Deficiency, deficient›vertical ridge
- Deformity›gum, acquired NEC
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›gingiva
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›gum
- Polyp, polypus›gingiva, gum
- Ridge, alveolus›flabby
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›gingiva
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›gum
- Disease, diseased›edentulous ridge›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K06. If K06.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K06.8
- Is K06.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K06.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K06.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).