Diagnosis Code: 523.8

Short Description: Periodontal disease NEC

Long Description: Other specified periodontal diseases

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
  • Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands, and jaws (520-529)
    • 523 Gingival and periodontal diseases
      • 523.8 Periodontal disease NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Alveolar periostitis
• Atrophic senile gingivitis
• Bleeding gums
• Bleeding on probing of gingivae
• Bohn's nodule
• Cherubism with gingival fibromatosis
• Chronic gingival granulomatous condition
• Congenital epulis of newborn
• Congenital gingival granular cell tumor
• Drug-induced gingival hyperplasia
• Early onset periodontitis
• Early onset periodontitis - generalized
• Early onset periodontitis - localized
• Excessive gingival contour of a tooth restoration
• Giant cell epulis
• Giant cell fibroma of oral mucosa
• Gingival cyst of adult
• Gingival edema
• Gingival enlargement
• Gingival erythema
• Gingival fibroepithelial polyp
• Gingival fibromatosis
• Gingival food impaction
• Gingival hair impaction
• Gingival hypertrophy due to diphenylhydantoin
• Gingival odontogenic cyst
• Gingival papillary blunting
• Gingival papillary cratering
• Gingival pigmentation
• Gingival polyp
• Gingival pregnancy tumor
• Gingival pyogenic granuloma
• Gingivostomatitis
• Granuloma fissuratum
• Gums bleed to touch
• Hereditary gingival fibromatosis
• Hyperplasia of gingiva
• Hyperplasia of interdental papilla
• Hypertrichosis with congenital macrogingivae
• Hypertrophy of gingiva
• Hypoplasia of gingiva
• Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis
• Inadequately attached gingiva
• Intrabony periodontal defect
• Loss of gingival stippling
• Malocclusion due to gingival hyperplasia
• Minimally attached gingiva
• Narrow gingival width
• On examination - hypertrophy of gums
• Orofacial granulomatosis of gingivae
• Periodontal and endodontic lesion
• Periodontal lesion due to traumatic occlusion
• Periodontal pocket
• Poor gingival margin to tooth restoration
• Ramifying pericementitis fibrosa syndrome
• Refractory periodontitis
• Retromolar gingival hyperplasia
• Stillman's gingival cleft
• Superficial gingival ulcer
• Suppurative inflammation of subgingival space
• Tenderness of gums
• Thick gingival margin to tooth restoration
• Ulceration of gingivae
• Widened periodontal ligament space

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 523.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Bleeding (see also Hemorrhage) 459.0
  • gums 523.8

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • gingiva 523.8

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • periodontal NEC 523.9
    • specified NEC 523.8

• Dyskeratosis (see also Keratosis) 701.1
  • gingiva 523.8

• Elephantiasis (nonfilarial) 457.1
  • gingival 523.8

• Enlargement, enlarged - see also Hypertrophy
  • gingival 523.8

• Epulis (giant cell) (gingiva) 523.8

• Fibromatosis 728.79
  • gingival 523.8

• Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
  • gum 523.8

• Giant
  • cell
    • epulis 523.8
    • peripheral (gingiva) 523.8

• Granuloma NEC 686.1
  • fissuratum (gum) 523.8
  • giant cell (central) (jaw) (reparative) 526.3
    • gingiva 523.8
    • peripheral (gingiva) 523.8

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • gingiva 523.8
  • gum 523.8

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • gingiva 523.8
  • gum 523.8
  • oral soft tissue (inflammatory) (irritative) (mucosa) NEC 528.9
    • gingiva 523.8

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • gingiva 523.8
  • gum (mucous membrane) 523.8
  • mucous membrane
    • alveolar process 523.8

• Lesion(s)
  • periodontal, due to traumatic occlusion 523.8

• Macrogingivae 523.8

• Occlusion
  • gingiva, traumatic 523.8
  • periodontal, traumatic 523.8

• Periodontal
  • pocket 523.8

• Pocket(s)
  • periodontal 523.8

• Polyp, polypus
  • gingiva 523.8
  • gum 523.8

• Tumor (M8000/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, unspecified nature
  • giant cell (type) (M8003/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, unspecified nature
    • peripheral (gingiva) 523.8

• Tylosis 700
  • gingiva 523.8

• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
  • gingiva 523.8
  • gum 523.8

• Ulorrhagia 523.8

• Ulorrhea 523.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 523.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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