K06.01
Gingival recession, localized
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
K06.01 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for gingival recession, localized. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are K06.010 Localized gingival recession, unspecified; K06.011 Localized gingival recession, minimal; K06.012 Localized gingival recession, moderate and K06.013 Localized gingival recession, severe. Its coding notes include 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- 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)