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M26.54

Insufficient anterior guidance

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
M26.5code
Excludes1
  • bruxism (F45.8)F45.8
  • teeth-grinding NOS (F45.8)F45.8
M26-M27block
Excludes1
  • hemifacial atrophy or hypertrophy (Q67.4)Q67.4
  • unilateral condylar hyperplasia or hypoplasia (M27.8)M27.8
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
  • 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 2
M26.54code
Inclusion terms
  • Insufficient anterior occlusal guidance
M00-M99chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 2
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • anterior (occlusal) guidance M26.54
  • Guidance, insufficient anterior (occlusal) M26.54
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M26.5
M26.50 Dentofacial functional abnormalities, unspecified M26.51 Abnormal jaw closure M26.52 Limited mandibular range of motion M26.53 Deviation in opening and closing of the mandible M26.55 Centric occlusion maximum intercuspation discrepancy M26.56 Non-working side interference M26.57 Lack of posterior occlusal support M26.59 Other dentofacial functional abnormalities
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M26.5
Block
M26-M27
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.