DA0E.4

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Food impaction

Description

The forcible wedging of food between adjacent teeth during mastication, producing gingival recession and pocket formation.

Index terms

  • Food impaction

Exclusions from above levels

  • 5A60.0 – acromegaly
  • LA52 – hemifacial atrophy or hypertrophy
  • LA56 – Robin's syndrome
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  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 02 – Neoplasms
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  • 06 – Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

  • DA0E.0 – Major anomalies of jaw size
  • DA0E.1 – Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship
  • DA0E.2 – Anomalies of dental arch relationship
  • DA0E.3 – Anomalies of tooth position
  • DA0E.5 – Malocclusion
  • DA0E.6 – Dentofacial functional abnormalities
  • DA0E.7 – Dentofacial parafunctional disorders
  • DA0E.8 – Temporomandibular joint disorders
  • DA0E.Y – Other specified dentofacial anomalies
  • DA0E.Z – Dentofacial anomalies, unspecified

Foundation entity

Food impaction – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1683217879

Part of: DA0E: Dentofacial anomalies › 13: Diseases of the digestive system