Diagnosis Code

M26.79 OTHER SPECIFIED ALVEOLAR ANOMALIES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: M26.79

Short Description: Other specified alveolar anomalies

Long Description: Other specified alveolar anomalies

The code M26.79 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
    • Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw (M26-M27)
      • Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26)
        • M26.79 Other specified alveolar anomalies

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal alveolar housing
  • Alveolar bone loss
  • Alveolar bone loss beyond furcation
  • Alveolar bone loss with cratering
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral complete cleft lip and bilateral complete cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Broad alveolar housing
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with left cleft lip and left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with left cleft lip and left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard and soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with cleft lip, bilateral
  • Cleft hard palate with cleft lip, bilateral
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft hard palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft lip and cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft of alveolar ridge
  • Cleft of soft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft of soft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Complete bilateral cleft lip
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip and complete cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Complete left cleft lip and complete cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Complete right cleft lip
  • Complete right cleft lip
  • Complete right cleft lip and complete cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Complete right cleft lip and complete cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Deficiency of alveolar ridge
  • Deficiency of anterior part of lower alveolar ridge
  • Deficiency of posterior part of lower alveolar ridge
  • Excess of anterior part of lower alveolar ridge
  • Excess of posterior part of lower alveolar ridge
  • Feather edge alveolar ridge
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip and incomplete cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Incomplete right cleft lip
  • Incomplete right cleft lip and incomplete cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Insufficient biological width
  • Labial alveolar bony ledging
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology resists vertical and horizontal movement
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with absent anterior labial vestibule
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with hamular notch present
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with hyperplastic mobile anterior ridge
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with minimal resistance to palatal vault
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with no buccal vestibule present
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with poor hamular notch
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with prominent anterior nasal spine
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with reduction of post malar space
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with redundant tissue present
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology with tori present
  • Maxilla residual ridge morphology without palatal vault resistance to horizontal or vertical movement
  • Minimal maxillary ridge support for denture
  • Pointed edge alveolar ridge
  • Resorption of alveolar process caused by orthodontic force
  • Resorption of alveolar process due to dental trauma
  • Resorption of anterior maxillary alveolar bone and anterior nasal spine due to lepromatous leprosy
  • Thin alveolar housing

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
M26.79 Right Arrow 524.79 Oth spcf alveolar anmaly
525.8 Dental disorder NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
M26 Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion]
M26.0 Major anomalies of jaw size
M26.00 Unspecified anomaly of jaw size
M26.01 Maxillary hyperplasia
M26.02 Maxillary hypoplasia
M26.03 Mandibular hyperplasia
M26.04 Mandibular hypoplasia
M26.05 Macrogenia
M26.06 Microgenia
M26.07 Excessive tuberosity of jaw
M26.09 Other specified anomalies of jaw size
M26.1 Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship
M26.10 Unspecified anomaly of jaw-cranial base relationship
M26.11 Maxillary asymmetry
M26.12 Other jaw asymmetry
M26.19 Other specified anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship
M26.2 Anomalies of dental arch relationship
M26.20 Unspecified anomaly of dental arch relationship
M26.21 Malocclusion, Angle's class
M26.211 Malocclusion, Angle's class I
M26.212 Malocclusion, Angle's class II
M26.213 Malocclusion, Angle's class III
M26.219 Malocclusion, Angle's class, unspecified
M26.22 Open occlusal relationship
M26.220 Open anterior occlusal relationship
M26.221 Open posterior occlusal relationship
M26.23 Excessive horizontal overlap
M26.24 Reverse articulation
M26.25 Anomalies of interarch distance
M26.29 Other anomalies of dental arch relationship
M26.3 Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.30 Unspecified anomaly of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.31 Crowding of fully erupted teeth
M26.32 Excessive spacing of fully erupted teeth
M26.33 Horizontal displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.34 Vertical displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.35 Rotation of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.36 Insufficient interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth (ridge)
M26.37 Excessive interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth
M26.39 Other anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
M26.4 Malocclusion, unspecified
M26.5 Dentofacial functional abnormalities
M26.50 Dentofacial functional abnormalities, unspecified
M26.51 Abnormal jaw closure
M26.52 Limited mandibular range of motion
M26.53 Deviation in opening and closing of the mandible
M26.54 Insufficient anterior guidance
M26.55 Centric occlusion maximum intercuspation discrepancy
M26.56 Non-working side interference
M26.57 Lack of posterior occlusal support
M26.59 Other dentofacial functional abnormalities
M26.6 Temporomandibular joint disorders
M26.60 Temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
M26.601 Right temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
M26.602 Left temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
M26.603 Bilateral temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
M26.609 Unspecified temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified side
M26.61 Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular joint
M26.611 Adhesions and ankylosis of right temporomandibular joint
M26.612 Adhesions and ankylosis of left temporomandibular joint
M26.613 Adhesions and ankylosis of bilateral temporomandibular joint
M26.619 Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
M26.62 Arthralgia of temporomandibular joint
M26.621 Arthralgia of right temporomandibular joint
M26.622 Arthralgia of left temporomandibular joint
M26.623 Arthralgia of bilateral temporomandibular joint
M26.629 Arthralgia of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
M26.63 Articular disc disorder of temporomandibular joint
M26.631 Articular disc disorder of right temporomandibular joint
M26.632 Articular disc disorder of left temporomandibular joint
M26.633 Articular disc disorder of bilateral temporomandibular joint
M26.639 Articular disc disorder of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
M26.64 Arthritis of temporomandibular joint
M26.641 Arthritis of right temporomandibular joint
M26.642 Arthritis of left temporomandibular joint
M26.643 Arthritis of bilateral temporomandibular joint
M26.649 Arthritis of unspecified temporomandibular joint
M26.65 Arthropathy of temporomandibular joint
M26.651 Arthropathy of right temporomandibular joint
M26.652 Arthropathy of left temporomandibular joint
M26.653 Arthropathy of bilateral temporomandibular joint
M26.659 Arthropathy of unspecified temporomandibular joint
M26.69 Other specified disorders of temporomandibular joint
M26.7 Dental alveolar anomalies
M26.70 Unspecified alveolar anomaly
M26.71 Alveolar maxillary hyperplasia
M26.72 Alveolar mandibular hyperplasia
M26.73 Alveolar maxillary hypoplasia
M26.74 Alveolar mandibular hypoplasia
M26.8 Other dentofacial anomalies
M26.81 Anterior soft tissue impingement
M26.82 Posterior soft tissue impingement
M26.89 Other dentofacial anomalies
M26.9 Dentofacial anomaly, unspecified


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