2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K05.0

Acute gingivitis

  • K05.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM K05.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K05.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 K05.0 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

  • acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (A69.1)
  • herpesviral [herpes simplex] gingivostomatitis (B00.2)

The following code(s) above K05.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to K05.0:

  • K00-K95  Diseases of the digestive system
  • K05  Gingivitis and periodontal diseases

Code 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 K05.0:

  • Type 2 Excludes: K06
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