K08.5
Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
K08.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for unsatisfactory restoration of tooth. 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 K08.50 Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified; K08.51 Open restoration margins of tooth; K08.52 Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials; K08.53 Fractured dental restorative material and 4 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- dental restoration status (Z98.811)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Defective bridge, crown, filling
- Defective dental restoration
More specific codes under K08.5 8
- 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