2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K02.7

Dental root caries

• K02.7 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM K02.7 became effective on October 1, 2024.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K02.7 – other international versions of ICD-10 K02.7 may differ.

The following code(s) above K02.7 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to K02.7:

• K00-K95  Diseases of the digestive system
• K02  Dental caries

Approximate Synonyms

• Primary dental caries, root surface origin

ICD-10-CM K02.7 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

• 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
• 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
• 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
• 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
• 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
• 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc

Convert K02.7 to ICD-9-CMCode History

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
• 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
• 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
• 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K02.7:

• Caries
  • dental (dentino enamel junction) (early childhood) (of dentine) (pre-eruptive) (recurrent) (to the pulp) K02.9
    • root K02.7
  • root K02.7 (dental) (tooth)