K06.3

Horizontal alveolar bone loss

Billable / specific

K06.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K06)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K06)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K06)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K06)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K06)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K06)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K06)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K06)
  • acute gingivitis (K05.0) (from K06)
  • atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2) (from K06)
  • chronic gingivitis (K05.1) (from K06)
  • gingivitis NOS (K05.1) (from K06)

Also known as

  • Loss, substance of, bone, horizontal alveolar

Parent code

  • K06Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridgeHeader

Related codes

  • K06.0Gingival recessionHeader
  • K06.1Gingival enlargementBillable
  • K06.2Gingival and edentulous alveolar ridge lesions associated with traumaBillable
  • K06.8Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridgeBillable
  • K06.9Disorder of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge, unspecifiedBillable

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