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K08.21

Minimal atrophy of the mandible

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
K08code
Excludes2
  • dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)M26.-
  • disorders of jaw (M27.-)M27.-
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1
K08.21code
Inclusion terms
  • Minimal atrophy of the edentulous mandible
Index entries leading here 1
  • Atrophy, atrophic (of)
Alongside this code 6 same parent — K08.2
K08.20 Unspecified atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge K08.22 Moderate atrophy of the mandible K08.23 Severe atrophy of the mandible K08.24 Minimal atrophy of maxilla K08.25 Moderate atrophy of the maxilla K08.26 Severe atrophy of the maxilla
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
K08.2
Block
K00-K14
Siblings
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.