K00.7 — Teething syndrome
Is K00.7 billable?
Yes — K00.7 is billable for FY2027. K00.7 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K00.7 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
K00.7 at a glance
| Code | K00.7 |
|---|---|
| Description | Teething syndrome |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does K00.7 group to?
K00.7 sits in MDC Pre and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 011Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with MCCsurgical
- 012Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with CCsurgical
- 013Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy without CC/MCCsurgical
How is K00.7 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K00.7. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Dentition (syndrome)
- Teething (syndrome)
- Dentition › difficult (syndrome)
- Syndrome › teething
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K00.7, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K00.7 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K00
The conditions below are not part of K00.7, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K00.7 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)
How long has K00.7 existed?
K00.7 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with K00.7?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with K00.7 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.
Which conditions are coded to K00.7?
What other codes are in the K00 family? (9)
- K00.0Anodontia
- K00.1Supernumerary teeth
- K00.2Abnormalities of size and form of teeth
- K00.3Mottled teeth
- K00.4Disturbances in tooth formation
- K00.5Hereditary disturbances in tooth structure, not elsewhere classified
- K00.6Disturbances in tooth eruption
- K00.8Other disorders of tooth development
- K00.9Disorder of tooth development, unspecified