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Z91.849

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Unspecified risk for dental caries

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient's dental caries risk status that cannot be classified as low, moderate, or high, or is not specified.

Coding Tips

  • •Use only when the specific risk level cannot be determined or is not documented
  • •Encourage providers to specify the risk level (Z91.841-843) when possible for better clinical guidance

Code Hierarchy

└Z91Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified└Z91.8Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified└Z91.84Oral health risk factors└Z91.849Unspecified risk for dental caries
└Z91.849Unspecified risk for dental caries

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