ICD10
ICD-10 Code K08.53: Fractured dental restorative material
Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026
What is this code?
ICD-10 entries help standardize how diagnoses are organized for coding, reporting, analytics, and documentation. This code sits within the broader ICD-10 area for Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95).
📋Clinical overview
This ICD-10 code is commonly used when documentation describes fractured dental restorative material. The most accurate code depends on whether restorative material was lost.
When is it used?
- May be used when a clinician documents fractured dental restorative material in a patient's medical record.
- May appear in hospital records, claims, referrals, and clinical documentation.
- This code may act more like a grouping or parent code, so a more specific child code may be used in final documentation when available.
What it does not mean
- A code alone does not explain severity, treatment plan, or outcome.
- A medical code should not be treated as a substitute for a doctor's diagnosis or advice.
- This entry may represent a broader category rather than the most specific billable code.
🩺Clinical context
When commonly used
- Dental, restorative-dentistry, oral-health, and utilization-review workflows where fracture of a filling, crown, veneer, or other restorative material is documented.
- Coding workflows where the chart supports fractured dental restorative material and the final code changes based on whether the restoration fractured with or without material loss.
Common management context
- Evaluation often includes oral exam findings, restoration integrity review, symptom assessment, and planning for dental repair or replacement.
- Documentation usually becomes more specific when the chart identifies whether restorative material fractured with loss of material, without loss of material, or with unspecified restorative detail.
- Specialist context already linked on this page includes Gastroenterologist, General Physician, Orthopedic Specialist.
🔍Key distinctions
Important notes
- These ICD-10 codes are reserved for fractured dental restorative material rather than traumatic tooth loss or occlusal trauma.
- Material-loss detail drives most of the code specificity inside this family.
- Documentation that describes fractured dental restorative material is coded differently from traumatic tooth loss, occlusal trauma, or other non-restoration dental conditions.
Important exclusions
- cracked tooth (K03.81)
- traumatic fracture of tooth (S02.5)
Related codes to consider
K08.530Fractured dental restorative material without loss of material
Related dental-restoration ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies restorative-material fracture with versus without material loss, traumatic versus non-restorative dental context, or another dental condition.
K08.531Fractured dental restorative material with loss of material
Related dental-restoration ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies restorative-material fracture with versus without material loss, traumatic versus non-restorative dental context, or another dental condition.
K08.539Fractured dental restorative material, unspecified
Related dental-restoration ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies restorative-material fracture with versus without material loss, traumatic versus non-restorative dental context, or another dental condition.
Code hierarchy
chapter
11Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
block
K00-K14Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands
category
K08Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures
category
K08.5Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth
currentK08.5
Official coding notes
Excludes1 (do not code together)
- cracked tooth (K03.81)
- traumatic fracture of tooth (S02.5)
Where you may see this code
You may see this entry in coding references, medical records, or claims workflows when a broader diagnosis category is being reviewed before a more specific code is chosen.
Related specialists
GastroenterologistGeneral PhysicianOrthopedic Specialist
Related codes
Sibling codes
K08.50Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecifiedbillableK08.51Open restoration margins of toothbillableK08.52Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materialsbillableK08.54Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral healthbillableK08.55Allergy to existing dental restorative materialbillableK08.56Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of toothbillableK08.59Other unsatisfactory restoration of toothbillable
Coding guidelines
Common synonyms
Fractured dental restorative material
Frequently asked questions
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