K00.6 Disturbances in tooth eruption

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Dentia praecox
• Natal tooth
• Neonatal tooth
• Premature eruption of tooth
• Premature shedding of primary [deciduous] tooth
• Prenatal teeth
• Retained [persistent] primary tooth

Excludes2 (not included here)

• embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)

Applies from K00 Disorders of tooth development and eruption

Excludes2 (not included here)

• embedded and impacted teeth (K01.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 520.6 Disturbances in tooth eruption (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for K00.6

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › tooth, teeth › eruption
• Dentia praecox
• Dentition (syndrome) › delayed
• Dentition (syndrome) › precocious
• Dentition (syndrome) › premature
• Dentition (syndrome) › retarded
• Disorder (of) › tooth › eruption
• Disturbance (s) › tooth › eruption
• Eruption › tooth, teeth, abnormal (incomplete) (late) (premature) (sequence)
• Natal tooth, teeth
• Neonatal › tooth, teeth
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › primary (deciduous) › teeth
• Prenatal › teeth
• Retention › deciduous tooth
• Shedding › premature, primary (deciduous) teeth

Nearby codes

• K00.1 Supernumerary teeth
• K00.2 Abnormalities of size and form of teeth
• K00.3 Mottled teeth
• K00.4 Disturbances in tooth formation
• K00.5 Hereditary disturbances in tooth structure, not elsewhere classified
• K00.6 Disturbances in tooth eruption (this code)
• K00.7 Teething syndrome
• K00.8 Other disorders of tooth development
• K00.9 Disorder of tooth development, unspecified