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K06.3
Horizontal alveolar bone loss
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 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Horizontal alveolar bone loss
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 K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
Excludes2 - not included here
- acute gingivitis (K05.0)
- atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2)
- chronic gingivitis (K05.1)
- gingivitis NOS (K05.1)
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.
- Loss > bone
- Loss > substance of > bone > horizontal alveolar
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K06.0 | Gingival recession | Not billable |
| K06.1 | Gingival enlargement | Valid |
| K06.2 | Gingival and edentulous alveolar ridge lesions associated with trauma | Valid |
| K06.8 | Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge | Valid |
| K06.9 | Disorder of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge, unspecified | Valid |