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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Digestive System 520-579 > Diseases Of Oral Cavity, Salivary Glands, And Jaws 520-529 > ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522 Diseases of pulp and periapical tissues 522 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.0 Pulpitis Inflammation of the DENTAL PULP, usually due to bacterial infection in dental caries, tooth fracture, or other conditions causing exposure of the pulp to bacterial invasion. Chemical irritants, thermal factors, hyperemic changes, and other factors may also cause pulpitis. 522.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.0 contains 7 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.1 Necrosis of the pulp Death of pulp tissue. When the necrosis is due to ischemia with superimposed bacterial infection, it is referred to as pulp gangrene. 522.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.1 contains 5 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.2 Pulp degeneration 522.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.2 contains 8 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.3 Abnormal hard tissue formation in pulp 522.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.3 contains 5 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.4 Acute apical periodontitis of pulpal origin 522.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.4 contains 9 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.5 Periapical abscess without sinus Acute or chronic inflammation of tissues surrounding the apical portion of a tooth, associated with the collection of pus, resulting from infection following pulp infection through a carious lesion or as a result of an injury causing pulp necrosis. (Dorland, 27th ed) 522.5 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.5 contains 13 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.6 Chronic apical periodontitis Inflammation of the PERIAPICAL TISSUE. It includes general, unspecified, or acute nonsuppurative inflammation. Chronic nonsuppurative inflammation is PERIAPICAL GRANULOMA. Suppurative inflammation is PERIAPICAL ABSCESS. 522.6 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.6 contains 5 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.7 Periapical abscess with sinus An abnormal passage in the oral cavity on the gingiva. 522.7 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.7 contains 16 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.8 Radicular cyst Slow-growing fluid-filled epithelial sac at the apex of a tooth with a nonvital pulp or defective root canal filling. 522.8 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.8 contains 12 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 522.9 Other and unspecified diseases of pulp and periapical tissues 522.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 522.9 contains 7 index entries