K06.022 — Generalized gingival recession, moderate
Is K06.022 billable?
Yes — K06.022 is billable for FY2027. K06.022 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K06.022 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
K06.022 at a glance
| Code | K06.022 |
|---|---|
| Description | Generalized gingival recession, moderate |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does K06.022 group to?
K06.022 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 K06.022 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K06.022. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Recession, receding › gingival › generalized › moderate
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K06.022, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K06.022 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 K06
The conditions below are not part of K06.022, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K06.022 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has K06.022 existed?
K06.022 first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.