K03.1

Applicable To

• Dentifrice abrasion of teeth

• Habitual abrasion of teeth

• Occupational abrasion of teeth

• Ritual abrasion of teeth

• Traditional abrasion of teeth

• Wedge defect NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Abrasion of tooth

Clinical Information

• The pathologic wearing away of the tooth substance by brushing, bruxism, clenching, and other mechanical causes. It is differentiated from tooth attrition in that this type of wearing away is the result of tooth-to-tooth contact, as in mastication, occurring only on the occlusal, incisal, and proximal surfaces. It differs also from tooth erosion, the progressive loss of the hard substance of a tooth by chemical processes not involving bacterial action. from jablonski, dictionary of dentistry, 1992, p2)

Details

• K03.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K03.1 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K03.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 K03.1 may differ.