520.6 TOOTH ERUPTION DISTURB


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 520.6

Short Description: Tooth eruption disturb

Long Description: Disturbances in tooth eruption

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands, and jaws (520-529)
      • 520 Disorders of tooth development and eruption
        • 520.6 Tooth eruption disturb

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 520.6 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
    • dentition 520.6
  • Deciduous tooth (retained) 520.6
  • Dentia praecox 520.6
  • Dentition 520.7
    • abnormal 520.6
    • anomaly 520.6
    • delayed 520.6
    • disorder of 520.6
    • precocious 520.6
    • retarded 520.6
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • dentition 520.6
    • tooth NEC 525.9
      • eruption 520.6
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • tooth
      • eruption 520.6
  • Embedded
    • tooth, teeth 520.6
  • Eruption
    • teeth, tooth
      • accelerated 520.6
      • delayed 520.6
      • difficult 520.6
      • disturbance of 520.6
      • in abnormal sequence 520.6
      • incomplete 520.6
      • late 520.6
      • natal 520.6
      • neonatal 520.6
      • obstructed 520.6
      • partial 520.6
      • persistent primary 520.6
      • premature 520.6
      • prenatal 520.6
  • Impaction, impacted
    • cuspid 520.6
    • dental 520.6
    • molar 520.6
    • tooth, teeth 520.6
  • Malocclusion (teeth) 524.4
    • due to
      • impacted teeth (causing crowding) 520.6
  • Malposition
    • tooth, teeth 524.30
      • with impaction 520.6
  • Natal tooth, teeth 520.6
  • Neonatal - see also condition
    • teeth, tooth 520.6
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • tooth eruption 520.6
  • Persistence, persistent (congenital) 759.89
    • primary (deciduous)
      • teeth 520.6
  • Prenatal
    • teeth 520.6
  • Retention, retained
    • deciduous tooth 520.6
  • Shedding
    • teeth, premature, primary (deciduous) 520.6
  • Teeth, tooth - see also condition
    • prenatal 520.6
  • Unerupted teeth, tooth 520.6

Crosswalk Information

The code 520.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
520.6 Right Arrow K00.6 Disturbances in tooth eruption
K01.0 Embedded teeth
K01.1 Impacted teeth
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
520.0 Anodontia
520.1 Supernumerary teeth
520.2 Abnormalities of size and form of teeth
520.3 Mottled teeth
520.4 Disturbances of tooth formation
520.5 Hereditary disturbances in tooth structure, not elsewhere classified
520.7 Teething syndrome
520.8 Other specified disorders of tooth development and eruption
520.9 Unspecified disorder of tooth development and eruption


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