2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 521.09
Other dental caries
- Short description: DENTAL CARIES NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 521.09 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 521.09 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 521.09.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 521.09: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
521.09 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K02.9 Dental caries, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Caries involving multiple surfaces of tooth
- Caries of infancy
- Caries of infancy associated with bottle feeding
- Caries of infancy associated with breast feeding
- Caries of infancy due to bottle feeding
- Caries of infancy, indeterminate origin
- Dental caries of infancy from bottle feeding
- Dental caries secondary to acquired defects of tooth structure
- Dental caries secondary to developmental defects of tooth structure
- Finding of dental caries activity
- Primary dental caries, cervical origin
- Primary dental caries, indeterminate origin
- Primary dental caries, multisurface origin
- Primary dental caries, nonproximal smooth surface origin
- Primary dental caries, proximal smooth surface origin
- Primary dental caries, root surface origin
- Rampant dental caries
- Secondary dental caries associated with failed or defective dental restoration
- Secondary dental caries associated with local or systemic factors
- Susceptible to caries
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