K06.8
K06.8: Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
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.
Check K06.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: 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
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K06.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K06.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- M27.1Giant cell granuloma, central
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- 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
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.