K08.51
Open restoration margins of tooth
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
K08code
K08.5code
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 5
Index entries leading here 4
Alongside this code 7 same parent — K08.5
K08.50 Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified K08.52 Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials K08.53 Fractured dental restorative material category K08.54 Contour of exist restor of tooth biolog incompat w oral hlth K08.55 Allergy to existing dental restorative material K08.56 Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth K08.59 Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
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