ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K00-K14 › K02.6 Dental caries on smooth surface › K02.61
K02.61
Dental caries on smooth surface limited to enamel
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Dental caries on smooth surface limited to enamel
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from K02 Dental caries
Includes
- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Carious teeth
- Decay > dental
- Cavities, dental
- Decay > tooth, teeth
- Caries > tooth, teeth
- Caries > initial > smooth surface
- Lesion > white spot > smooth surface
- White > spot lesions, teeth > smooth surface
- Lesion > tooth, teeth > white spot > smooth surface
- Caries > dental > smooth surface > limited to enamel
- Caries > dental > coronal surface > smooth surface > limited to enamel
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K02.62 | Dental caries on smooth surface penetrating into dentin | Valid |
| K02.63 | Dental caries on smooth surface penetrating into pulp | Valid |