K05.3Non-billable
Chronic periodontitis
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
4 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Chronic pericoronitis
- •Complex periodontitis
- •Periodontitis NOS
- •Simplex periodontitis
Excludes1
1 item
Excludes1
- •chronic apical periodontitis (K04.5)
Coding Guidance
K05.3 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for doctor of dental medicine
doctor of dental medicine
View TemplatesDoctor of Dental Medicine
View documentation for periodontal disease
periodontal disease
View TemplatesPeriodontal Disease
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
8 items
Use Additional Code
From K05:
- •code to identify:
- •alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- •exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- •exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- •history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- •occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- •tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- •tobacco use (Z72.0)