2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M27.3: Alveolitis of jaws (2025)

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5. 2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M27.3

Alveolitis of jaws

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• M27.3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM M27.3 became effective on October 1, 2024.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M27.3 - other international versions of ICD-10 M27.3 may differ.

Approximate Synonyms

• Alveolitis of jaw

Clinical Information

• A condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odor. (Dorland, 28th ed)

ICD-10-CM M27.3 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

• 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
• 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
• 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
• 157 Dental and oral diseases with mcc
• 158 Dental and oral diseases with cc
• 159 Dental and oral diseases without cc/mcc

Convert M27.3 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

• 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
• 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
• 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
• 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
• 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
• 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
• 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
• 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

• Alveolitis
  • jaw M27.3
  • sicca dolorosa M27.3
• Dry, dryness - see also condition
  • socket M27.3 (teeth)
• Gangrene, gangrenous (connective tissue) (dropsical) (dry) (moist) (skin) (ulcer) I96 - see also Necrosis

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I96

  Gangrene, not elsewhere classified

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  Applicable To

  • Gangrenous cellulitis

  Type 1 Excludes

  • gangrene in atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities (I70.26)
  • gangrene in hernia (K40.1, K40.4, K41.1, K41.4, K42.1, K43.1-, K44.1, K45.1, K46.1)
  • gangrene in other peripheral vascular diseases (I73.-)
  • gangrene of certain specified sites - see Alphabetical Index
  • gas gangrene (A48.0)
  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)

  Type 2 Excludes

  • gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)
  • alveolar M27.3
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9

  Unspecified infectious disease

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Billable/Specific Code
  • tooth, teeth K04.7

    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K04.7

    Periapical abscess without sinus

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Dental abscess without sinus
    • Dentoalveolar abscess without sinus
    • socket M27.3
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • alveoli, teeth M27.3
• Osteitis - see also Osteomyelitis
  • alveolar M27.3
• Periostitis (albuminosa) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (infective) (monomelic) - see also Osteomyelitis
  • alveolar M27.3
  • alveolodental M27.3
  • dental M27.3
• Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
  • dental periosteum M27.3
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
  • alveolar process M27.3

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M27.3

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.