Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion]
Non-billable header
M26 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- 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 M26
- M26.0Major anomalies of jaw sizeHeader
- M26.1Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationshipHeader
- M26.2Anomalies of dental arch relationshipHeader
- M26.3Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teethHeader
- M26.4Malocclusion, unspecifiedBillable
- M26.5Dentofacial functional abnormalitiesHeader
- M26.6Temporomandibular joint disordersHeader
- M26.7Dental alveolar anomaliesHeader
- M26.8Other dentofacial anomaliesHeader
- M26.9Dentofacial anomaly, unspecifiedBillable
Related codes
- M27Other diseases of jawsHeader