K00.7 vs R68.1
K00.7 (Teething syndrome) compared with R68.1 (Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. R68.1 carries an Excludes1 note covering K00.7: “teething syndrome (K00.7)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| K00.7Teething syndrome | R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Non-billable header |
| Classification | K00-K95 — Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95) | R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99) |
| Definition | Teething syndrome is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (K00.7). | Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (R68.1). |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources