- K00.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM K00.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K00.6 – other international versions of ICD-10 K00.6 may differ.
ICD-10-CM K00.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
- 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
- 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc
- 795 Normal newborn
Applicable To
- Dentia praecox
- Natal tooth
- Neonatal tooth
- Premature eruption of tooth
- Premature shedding of primary [deciduous] tooth
- Prenatal teeth
- Retained [persistent] primary tooth
Type 2 Excludes
- embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K00.6:
- eruption > tooth, teeth K00.9
- delayed > Dentition (syndrome) K00.7
- precocious > Dentition (syndrome) K00.7
- premature > Dentition (syndrome) K00.7
- retarded > Dentition (syndrome) K00.7
- eruption > tooth K08.9
- tooth > Disturbance (s)
- eruption > tooth K00.6
- tooth, teeth, abnormal (incomplete) (late) (premature) (sequence) > Eruption
- tooth, teeth > Neonatal
- primary (deciduous) > Persistence, persistent (congenital)
- teeth > primary (deciduous) K00.6
- teeth > Prenatal
- deciduous tooth > Retention
- premature, primary teeth (deciduous) > Shedding