K08.43
Partial loss of teeth due to caries
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
K08.43 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for partial loss of teeth due to caries. 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 K08.431 Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class I; K08.432 Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class II; K08.433 Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class III; K08.434 Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IV and 1 more. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from K08 Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures
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)
More specific codes under K08.43 5
- K08.431Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IBillable
- K08.432Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IIBillable
- K08.433Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IIIBillable
- K08.434Partial loss of teeth due to caries, class IVBillable
- K08.439Partial loss of teeth due to caries, unspecified classBillable