CCSD code F0830 – Tooth replantation following trauma

Key takeaways

CCSD code F0830 covers replantation of a natural tooth or teeth that trauma knocked out of the socket.

Bupa’s February 2026 schedule places F0830 in complexity band INTER 2, with a surgeon fee of £286.

A partly displaced tooth, an implant or a planned intentional replantation each needs a different code.

The note must record the injury, dry time, storage medium, FDI tooth number and splint plan.

Many UK private medical policies cover dental injury only in limited cases, so check cover before you treat.

What CCSD code F0830 covers

CCSD code F0830 is the schedule entry for replantation of natural tooth / teeth following trauma. Dentists and oral surgeons use it when an injury has knocked a permanent tooth fully out of its socket and the clinician puts it back.

CCSD stands for the Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group. It maintains the procedure and diagnostic codes that UK private medical insurers use to process claims. Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, Vitality, Cigna, WPA, Allianz Care and Healix all work from the schedule.

F0830 sits in chapter 6 of the schedule, Face, mouth, salivary and thyroid, under the Teeth heading. Our CCSD codes by chapter index lists its neighbors. The CCSD Group sets the codes, while each insurer sets its own fee.

The descriptor reads “tooth / teeth”, which points to one code for the episode, however many teeth go back in. Confirm with the insurer before you bill F0830 more than once on a claim.

What replantation following trauma involves

Replantation returns an avulsed permanent tooth to its socket after an injury. The International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) publishes the 2020 guidelines that most UK clinicians follow for this procedure.

1. Assessment. Confirm the tooth is permanent and fully avulsed. Note the storage medium and work out how long the tooth spent out of the mouth.
2. Socket check. Look for an alveolar fracture or debris, then irrigate gently with saline.
3. Tooth handling. Hold the crown only, and rinse the root with saline if it is visibly contaminated.
4. Replantation. Ease the tooth back into the socket with gentle pressure. Confirm the position clinically and on a radiograph.
5. Splinting. Apply a flexible splint to the neighboring teeth, usually for about two weeks.
6. Aftercare. Advise a soft diet and careful cleaning, and book the endodontic review.

Storage medium and dry time shape the outcome. IADT guidance favors milk, Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) or saline, and dry storage harms the cells that reattach the root. Record both details, because insurers and later clinicians read them first.

When F0830 is the right code

F0830 fits when trauma has fully displaced a permanent tooth and the clinician replants it. Three conditions decide the code.

• Permanent tooth. IADT guidance advises against replanting primary teeth, because it can damage the developing permanent tooth beneath.
• Full avulsion. The tooth came completely out of the socket. A tooth pushed out of position but still in the socket is a luxation, not an avulsion.
• Clinician replants. If a parent or coach pushed the tooth back before arrival, record who did it and when, and what you did next.

F0830 doesn’t cover a planned extraction and replantation for endodontic reasons, a tooth moved to a new site, or an implant. Each of those has its own entry in the schedule. If a broken tooth has to come out surgically instead, the claim moves to F0910.

Run the four checks below in order before you put F0830 on the claim.

Neighboring codes in the Teeth section

Several chapter 6 codes describe work on the same teeth after an injury. Bupa’s February 2026 schedule rates them differently, and some carry no Bupa fee at all.

Fees come from Bupa’s schedule, collected in our Bupa CCSD codes guide. Other insurers publish their own fees for the same codes, so check the patient’s policy before you quote.

F0830 pays £286 on the Bupa schedule

Bupa places F0830 in complexity band INTER 2, with a surgeon fee of £286 in its February 2026 schedule. The band is the insurer’s grading of how complex the procedure is, and it drives the benefit.

Here’s how that plays out. Say the surgeon charges £350 for the replantation. A Bupa patient’s benefit covers £286, which leaves a £64 shortfall. Tell the patient in writing before treatment where you can.

Check the live figure on the Bupa code search before you quote, because fees change between editions. AXA Health, Aviva and the other insurers set their own fees for F0830.

What F0830 includes and leaves out

F0830 covers the replantation itself. Other services on the same day are billed by whoever provides them, or not billed to the insurer at all.

The CCSD Group’s full listing of unacceptable combinations sits behind a login. If a combined case looks unusual, confirm the rules with the patient’s insurer before you submit.

What the F0830 clinical note needs

Insurers read the note against the descriptor. The General Dental Council (GDC) also expects complete, accurate records, and the British Dental Association (BDA) publishes record-keeping advice. Check the note covers these details.

• Cause of injury: a short factual account, such as a fall or a sports injury, which supports the “following trauma” descriptor.
• Time of avulsion: when the tooth came out and when the patient arrived.
• Dry time: the total time the tooth spent out of the mouth without a storage medium.
• Storage medium: milk, HBSS, saline, saliva or dry.
• Tooth number: each replanted tooth in FDI notation, such as 11 for the upper right central incisor.
• Root development: whether the root apex is open or closed, since it shapes the endodontic plan.
• Treatment and splint: how the tooth was replanted, the splint type and the planned removal date.
• Clinician: the treating clinician’s name and GDC number, which insurers match against their recognition records.

Patient records also fall under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Store trauma photos and radiographs with the same care as the note itself.

From injury to payment in five steps

A knocked-out tooth is an emergency, so the claim often starts after the treatment. It follows five steps.

1. Cover check. Many UK private medical policies exclude routine dentistry and cover dental injury only in limited cases. Confirm the patient’s cover, or note that you’ll confirm it the next working day.
2. Authorization. Call the insurer for a pre-authorization number and record the reference.
3. Treatment and note. The clinician completes the note on the day, with each tooth numbered.
4. Submission. The claim goes to the insurer, usually through Healthcode, with the membership and authorization numbers.
5. Payment or query. The insurer pays, part-pays or queries the claim. A query usually asks for the clinical note.

Delays tend to start at step one or step five. Missing cover details or a vague note will hold the claim until someone fixes it.

Your F0830 pre-submission checklist

Emergency appointments leave paperwork behind. A two-minute check catches the loose ends before the insurer does.

• The note describes the injury and confirms full avulsion of a permanent tooth.
• Dry time and storage medium are recorded.
• Each replanted tooth carries its FDI number.
• F0830 appears once for the episode, unless the insurer has confirmed otherwise.
• The patient’s policy covers dental injury, and the authorization number is on the invoice.
• The membership number matches the insurer card exactly.
• The patient has agreed any shortfall in writing.

Once the insurer accepts the claim, save its reference in the patient record. You’ll need it for any chase or appeal.

Common F0830 coding mistakes

Watch for these slips. Each one can turn a clean F0830 case into a queried claim.

How Pabau keeps F0830 claims tied to the record

Dental trauma appointments are rushed. The tooth has to go back in quickly, and the claim details get pieced together later from memory.

Pabau keeps the trauma note, invoice and insurer details on one patient record. Its digital forms can make dry time, storage medium and FDI tooth number required fields, so the note is complete before it’s signed.

From there, Pabau handles claims management without rekeying. The claim builds from that record and goes to the insurer through Healthcode. The CCSD code, membership number and authorization reference carry across automatically.

Your team then follows each claim to payment in one view. If the insurer queries it, the note and the authorization reference are already attached to the record.

Keep dental trauma claims tied to the note

Pabau keeps the trauma note, invoice and authorization reference on one patient record and submits CCSD-coded claims like F0830 through Healthcode. Your team then tracks each claim to payment.

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Conclusion

F0830 pays for an emergency that leaves little time for paperwork. The claim rests on a note showing that trauma fully knocked out a permanent tooth, and that you replanted it.

Write that note before the patient leaves, with the dry time, storage medium and FDI number in it. Check the policy covers dental injury, and the code choice largely takes care of itself.

Book a demo to see how Pabau carries an F0830 claim from the patient record to Healthcode and tracks it to payment.

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