Dental caries
Non-billable header
K02 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- caries of dentine
- dental cavities
- early childhood caries
- pre-eruptive caries
- recurrent caries (dentino enamel junction) (enamel) (to the pulp)
- tooth decay
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
More specific codes K02
Related codes
- K00Disorders of tooth development and eruptionHeader
- K01Embedded and impacted teethHeader
- K03Other diseases of hard tissues of teethHeader
- K04Diseases of pulp and periapical tissuesHeader
- K05Gingivitis and periodontal diseasesHeader
- K06Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridgeHeader
- K08Other disorders of teeth and supporting structuresHeader
- K09Cysts of oral region, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- K11Diseases of salivary glandsHeader
- K12Stomatitis and related lesionsHeader
- K13Other diseases of lip and oral mucosaHeader
- K14Diseases of tongueHeader