K08.52
K08.52 — Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K08.52 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Overhanging of tooth restoration
Risk adjustment
K08.52 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 K08.52 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 K08.52.
- Overhanging of dental restorative material(unrepairable)
- Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials
- Restorative material›unrepairable overhanging of
- Restoration›tooth›overhanging
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K08.5. If K08.52 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- K08.50Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified
- K08.51Open restoration margins of tooth
- K08.53Fractured dental restorative material
- K08.54Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral health
- K08.55Allergy to existing dental restorative material
- K08.56Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
- K08.59Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
Questions about K08.52
- Is K08.52 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K08.52 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K08.52 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14).