K08.53

K08.53: Fractured dental restorative material

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K08.53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fractured dental restorative material. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

cracked tooth (K03.81)
traumatic fracture of tooth (S02.5)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K08.53

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 K08.53

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead K08.53

3 child codes. Green means billable.