M27.3
Alveolitis of jaws
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Alveolar osteitis Dry socket
arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition (M00-M25) Arthropathies (M00-M25) Includes: Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints (M40-M54) Dorsopathies (M40-M54) (M60-M79) Soft tissue disorders (M60-M79) (M80-M94) Osteopathies and chondropathies (M80-M94)
Official Guidelines for M27.3
FY 2026 ›Find M27.3 in the alphabetic index
12 index paths lead to this code
- Alveolitis › jaw
- Alveolitis › sicca dolorosa
- Dry, dryness › socket
- Gangrene, gangrenous › alveolar
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › alveoli, teeth
- Osteitis › alveolar
- Periostitis › alveolar
- Periostitis › alveolodental
- Periostitis › dental
- Suppuration, suppurative › dental periosteum
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › alveolar process
- Infection, infected, infective › tooth, teeth › socket