Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion]

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

M26.0 Major anomalies of jaw size (also a header)
M26.1 Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship (also a header)
M26.2 Anomalies of dental arch relationship (also a header)
M26.3 Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth (also a header)
M26.4 Malocclusion, unspecified
M26.5 Dentofacial functional abnormalities (also a header)
M26.6 Temporomandibular joint disorders (also a header)
M26.7 Dental alveolar anomalies (also a header)
M26.8 Other dentofacial anomalies (also a header)
M26.9 Dentofacial anomaly, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion]

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 the M26-M27 section Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw (M26-M27)

Excludes1 - never coded here

hemifacial atrophy or hypertrophy (Q67.4)
unilateral condylar hyperplasia or hypoplasia (M27.8)