Billable Medical Code for Dental Caries, Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 521.00
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 521.00.
The Short Description Is: Dental caries NOS.
Known As
Dental caries are also known as dental caries, dental caries due to radiation, and radiation induced dental caries.
Dental Caries Definition and Symptoms
Dental caries is an infection that causes cavities in the tooth enamel. Symptoms of dental caries may not be present until the cavity reaches deeper into the tooth, at this time you may feel pain in the tooth, that gets worse when eating hot or cold foods.