AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Traumatic Subluxation and Impaction of Tooth

A child presents to the emergency department with a traumatic tooth subluxation. The index entries for tooth impaction and displacement lead to code 520.6, Disturbances in tooth eruption and code 524.3, Anomalies in tooth position, respectively. Both codes seem to imply that the problem is due to tooth development not trauma. How should an impaction or subluxation/displacement of a tooth resulting from an injury be coded? ...

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