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