K08.56
Poor aesthetic of existing restoration 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 3
Index entries leading here 4
Alongside this code 7 same parent — K08.5
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 category K08.54 Contour of exist restor of tooth biolog incompat w oral hlth K08.55 Allergy to existing dental restorative material K08.59 Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
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