K05.01

Acute gingivitis, non-plaque induced

Billable / specific

K05.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (A69.1) (from K05.0)
  • herpesviral [herpes simplex] gingivostomatitis (B00.2) (from K05.0)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K05)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K05)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K05)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K05)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K05)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K05)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K05)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K05)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify: (from K05)
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from K05)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from K05)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from K05)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from K05)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from K05)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from K05)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from K05)

Also known as

  • Catarrh, catarrhal, gingivitis, nonplaque induced
  • Disease, diseased, Jourdain's, nonplaque induced
  • Gingivitis, acute, nonplaque induced
  • Infection, infected, infective, gingiva, acute, nonplaque induced
  • Infection, infected, infective, gum, acute, nonplaque induced

Parent code

  • K05.0Acute gingivitisHeader

Related codes

  • K05.00Acute gingivitis, plaque inducedBillable

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