Wiki dental coding/abscess question

[Brenda1973]

Can anyone help with this assessment. Would the impacted tooth (K01.1) be primary followed by the dental abscess (K04.7)?

Assessment
- Dental abscess due to an impacted adult tooth causing infection and recurrent abscesses in the gum line.

 

[dralkaahuja@yahoo.co.in]

It looks good. Cause followed by manifestation.

 

[dineshkumar.p7@accesshealthcare.com]

yes correct. we can code K01.1 followed by K04.7.