K08.51

K08.51: Open restoration margins of tooth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K08.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for open restoration margins of tooth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K08.51 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Dental restoration failure of marginal integrity
Open margin on tooth restoration
Poor gingival margin to tooth restoration

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K08.51

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K08.5: Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth

dental restoration status (Z98.811)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K08.51

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K08.5: Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth

endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
unsatisfactory endodontic treatment (M27.5-)

Written on K08: Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures

dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
disorders of jaw (M27.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Open, opening›margin on tooth restoration
Open, opening›restoration margins of tooth
Poor›gingival margin to tooth restoration
Dental›restoration›failure of marginal integrity
Restoration›dental›failure of marginal integrity
Restoration›tooth›open margins
Restoration›tooth›poor gingival margins

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K08.5