Cracked tooth
- K03.81 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 K03.81 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K03.81 – other international versions of ICD-10 K03.81 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
- asymptomatic craze lines in enamel – omit code
- broken or fractured tooth due to trauma (S02.5)
The following code(s) above K03.81 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to K03.81:
Clinical Information
- Incomplete fracture of any part of a tooth, characterized by pain during mastication and sensitivity to heat, cold, sweet or sour tastes, and alcohol; it is often undiagnosed because the tooth is usually x-ray negative and normal to pulp vitality tests.
ICD-10-CM K03.81 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 K03.81 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
Code annotations containing back-references to K03.81:
- Type 1 Excludes: K08.53, S02.5
- Type 2 Excludes: M27.63
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K03.81:
- Cracked tooth K03.81