Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
Non-billable header
K08.5 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Defective bridge, crown, filling
- Defective dental restoration
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- dental restoration status (Z98.811)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
- unsatisfactory endodontic treatment (M27.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K08)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K08)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K08)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K08)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K08)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K08)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K08)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K08)
- dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-) (from K08)
- disorders of jaw (M27.-) (from K08)
Also known as
- Defective bridge, crown, filling
- Defective dental restoration
Parent code
- K08Other disorders of teeth and supporting structuresHeader
More specific codes K08.5
- K08.50Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecifiedBillable
- K08.51Open restoration margins of toothBillable
- K08.52Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materialsBillable
- K08.53Fractured dental restorative materialHeader
- K08.54Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral healthBillable
- K08.55Allergy to existing dental restorative materialBillable
- K08.56Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of toothBillable
- K08.59Other unsatisfactory restoration of toothBillable
Related codes
- K08.0Exfoliation of teeth due to systemic causesBillable
- K08.1Complete loss of teethHeader
- K08.2Atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridgeHeader
- K08.3Retained dental rootBillable
- K08.4Partial loss of teethHeader
- K08.8Other specified disorders of teeth and supporting structuresHeader
- K08.9Disorder of teeth and supporting structures, unspecifiedBillable