K02.5

Dental caries on pit and fissure surface

Non-billable header

K02.5 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Dental caries on chewing surface of tooth

Includes (from K02)

  • 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) (from K02)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K02)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K02)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K02)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K02)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K02)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K02)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K02)

Also known as

  • Dental caries on chewing surface of tooth

Parent code

  • K02Dental cariesHeader

More specific codes K02.5

  • K02.51Dental caries on pit and fissure surface limited to enamelBillable
  • K02.52Dental caries on pit and fissure surface penetrating into dentinBillable
  • K02.53Dental caries on pit and fissure surface penetrating into pulpBillable

Related codes

  • K02.3Arrested dental cariesBillable
  • K02.6Dental caries on smooth surfaceHeader
  • K02.7Dental root cariesBillable
  • K02.9Dental caries, unspecifiedBillable

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