Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge - K06

Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.

Type 2 Excludes:

acute gingivitis (K05.0)
atrophy of edentulous alveolar ridge (K08.2)
chronic gingivitis (K05.1)
gingivitis NOS (K05.1)

These ranges represents subcategories of Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge. The "K06" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

K06.0 - Gingival recession
K06.01 - Gingival recession, localized
K06.010 - Localized gingival recession, unspecified
K06.011 - Localized gingival recession, minimal
K06.012 - Localized gingival recession, moderate
K06.013 - Localized gingival recession, severe
K06.02 - Gingival recession, generalized
K06.020 - Generalized gingival recession, unspecified
K06.021 - Generalized gingival recession, minimal
K06.022 - Generalized gingival recession, moderate
K06.023 - Generalized gingival recession, severe
K06.1 - Gingival enlargement
K06.2 - Gingival and edentulous alveolar ridge lesions associated with trauma
K06.3 - Horizontal alveolar bone loss
K06.8 - Other specified disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
K06.9 - Disorder of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge, unspecified