ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K00-K14 › K08.43 Partial loss of teeth due to caries › K08.439
Partial loss of teeth due to caries, unspecified class
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 Partial loss of teeth due to caries, unspecified class
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 K08 Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures
Excludes2 - not included here
- dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
- disorders of jaw (M27.-)
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.
- Stump
- Adentia
- Missing
- Amputation
- Edentulism
- Disarticulation
- Postsurgery status
- Loss > tooth, teeth
- Loss > organ or part
- Absence > toe > with foot
- Status > tooth extraction
- Absence > teeth, tooth > acquired > partial > due to > caries
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K08.431 | Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class I | Valid |
| K08.432 | Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class II | Valid |
| K08.433 | Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class III | Valid |
| K08.434 | Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IV | Valid |