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K08.55 - Allergy to existing dental restorative material


The ICD 10 Code for Allergy to existing dental restorative material is listed as K08.55.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: K08.55
Description: Allergy to existing dental restorative material
  • Use additional code to identify the specific type of allergy
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
011 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Mcc
012 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Cc
013 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
157 - Dental & Oral Diseases W Mcc
158 - Dental & Oral Diseases W Cc
159 - Dental & Oral Diseases W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Block Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14)
Parent K08.5 - Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 525.66 - Allergy to existing dental restorative material
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of K08.55:
K08.50 - Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified
K08.51 - Open restoration margins of tooth
K08.52 - Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials
K08.53 - Fractured dental restorative material
K08.54 - Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral health
K08.56 - Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
K08.59 - Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth