M27.2
Inflammatory conditions of jaws
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
M26-M27block
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 7
Index entries leading here 12
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis) M86.9
- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) — see also Gangrene
- Sequestrum
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Magitot's M27.2
- Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) J86.9
- maxilla, maxillary M27.2
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- Osteitis — see also Osteomyelitis
- jaw (acute) (chronic) (lower) (suppurative) (upper) M27.2
- Periostitis (albuminosa) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (infective) (monomelic) — see also Osteomyelitis
- jaw (lower) (upper) M27.2
- Suppuration, suppurative — see also condition
- maxilla, maxillary M27.2
- Osteoradionecrosis, jaw (acute) (chronic) (lower) (suppurative) (upper) M27.2
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M27
M27.0 Developmental disorders of jaws M27.1 Giant cell granuloma, central M27.3 Alveolitis of jaws M27.4 Other and unspecified cysts of jaw category M27.5 Periradicular pathology assoc w previous endodontic trtmt category M27.6 Endosseous dental implant failure category M27.8 Other specified diseases of jaws M27.9 Disease of jaws, unspecified
Additional references
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