K02.5 — Dental caries on pit and fissure surface
Not billable
Is K02.5 billable?
No — K02.5 is a non-billable header code. K02.5 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath K02.5.
K02.5 at a glance
| Code | K02.5 |
|---|---|
| Description | Dental caries on pit and fissure surface |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to K02.5.
- Dental caries on chewing surface of tooth
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K02.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K02.5 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)
What codes fall under K02.5? (3)
How long has K02.5 existed?
K02.5 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.