ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M26-M27 › M26 Dentofacial anomalies [including... › M26.3
M26.3
Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:
- M26.30 Unspecified anomaly of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.31 Crowding of fully erupted teeth
- M26.32 Excessive spacing of fully erupted teeth
- M26.33 Horizontal displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.34 Vertical displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.35 Rotation of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.36 Insufficient interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth (ridge)
- M26.37 Excessive interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth
- M26.39 Other anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
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 Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M26.0 | Major anomalies of jaw size | Not billable |
| M26.1 | Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship | Not billable |
| M26.2 | Anomalies of dental arch relationship | Not billable |
| M26.4 | Malocclusion, unspecified | Valid |
| M26.5 | Dentofacial functional abnormalities | Not billable |
| M26.6 | Temporomandibular joint disorders | Not billable |
| M26.7 | Dental alveolar anomalies | Not billable |
| M26.8 | Other dentofacial anomalies | Not billable |
| M26.9 | Dentofacial anomaly, unspecified | Valid |