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April 30, 2026 by Admin

Votes	Status	Answer
0 votes	approved	The most appropriate code is D2999, you must submit a short narrative along with the code.... posted April 11, 2014 12:03 pm in reply to Hello, Is there a code when you have to repair a temp bridge that has broken??
0 votes	approved	Yes, that is correct.... posted April 11, 2014 8:38 am in reply to My understanding is that when more than 1 PA is done you would code D0220 first PA and D0230 for each additional PA so for example if 3 PA's are done you would code D0220, D0230, D0230, is this correct?
0 votes	approved	Yes, you can still see the patient. You will have to bill the private insurance first and when you r... posted April 5, 2014 6:54 am in reply to If a patient has both Medicaid/chips and a private dental insurance but we don't accept the private insurance, what is the best way to handle this situation? Can the dental office still see the patient?
1 vote	approved	It all depends on the carrier. Most carriers will have you bill out the D0145 code until the child i... posted April 3, 2014 3:15 pm in reply to Re-Sub: I work in a pediatric dental office. If a child was initially seen (first visit ever) at our office and is 1 year old and we code out D0145 (Oral Evaluation, pt under 3 yrs), when they return in 6 months for a recall visit- would it be more appropriate to charge out the D0145 again or the D0120 (Periodic Oral Evaluation)? Is the D0145 code only for patient's under 3 at their initial visit? More specifically- If a child is under age 3 and started seeing us at age 1 year - do we keep billing out the D0145 until they are 3 at every 6 month recall? Thank you for your time. '
0 votes	approved	Depending on the carrier, usually it will be bill out on seperate lines. You will need to put an exp... posted April 2, 2014 10:08 am in reply to if two occlusal images were done on the same day, one for the top and one of the bottom. Would we bill this out with D0240 x 2? or would we bill D0240 on separate lines?
0 votes	approved	D0145 is for children under 3 years of age only...without knowing how old the child is we cannot giv... posted April 1, 2014 10:15 am in reply to I work in a pediatric dental office. If a child was initially seen (first visit ever) at our office and we code out D0145 (Oral Evaluation, pt under 3 yrs), when they return in 6 months for a recall visit- would it be more appropriate to charge out the D0145 again or the D0120 (Periodic Oral Evaluation)? Is the D0145 code only for patient's under 3 at their initial visit? Thank you for your time.
0 votes	approved	The answer depends on if the hygienist is an affiliated dental hygienist or a registered dental hygi... posted March 26, 2014 5:30 am in reply to What services are able to be billed for a hygienist only. This is if the dentist is on call and not in the physical office. Also, who would be used as the billing resource?
0 votes	approved	There is no compatiable CPT code for this procedure. You may however use the D0460 code along with a... posted March 22, 2014 8:23 am in reply to I need to know what CPT code can be used when an OMS provider is testing for pulp vitality using the cold method. I know the CDT code is D046 but what is the compatible code in CPT?
0 votes	approved	Both would be considered inclusive of the initial treatment as it is within the 10 day global period... posted March 15, 2014 7:10 am in reply to Patient has wisdom teeth surgery. Four days later comes in with dry socket and is treated for this. Four days after the dry socket treatment is seen for follow up by surgeon. What is appropriate to bill for the dry socket treatment as well as the follow up to the treatment?
0 votes	approved	According to best practices periodontal charting should be performed once a year on a healthy patien... posted March 11, 2014 11:53 am in reply to > I was wondering if there was any standard set in place for acceptable > periodontal charting. We frequently receive claims for periodontal > work but the charting to support the services is well over 1 year old.

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