K08.53
Header — not billableFractured dental restorative material
The ICD-10 code for fractured dental restorative material is K08.53.
K08.53 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- K08.50Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified
- K08.51Open restoration margins of tooth
- K08.52Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials
- K08.54Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral health
- K08.55Allergy to existing dental restorative material
- K08.56Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
- K08.59Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
- K08.53Fractured dental restorative materialnon-billable header