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2016 books are required for all 2016 exams.

Hi Raymond, You are never behind on our on-demand classes. I noticed you are using an aol email this is a Microsoft email and you may not receive login information. Please contact our Director of Education Mindi Rothans 800.300.0239 x105 to update your email and receive login instructions.

You may only submit CE's in your members dashboard, please login to your dashboard. If you have a fourth tab that appears stating CEU you are eligible to submit if no tab appears you are not eligible to submit CE's at this time or you have acquired the correct amount of CE's for the year.

To take the CDC course you would need to register for the class. These are on-demand meaning you start the moment you register. To register for the CDC course please go to https://www.adcaonline.org/education/online-class

You will not receive correspondence from the ADCA using a Hotmail email address...please contact the association immediately to update your email so you are able to receive the information you need. You may contact our Director of Education at 800.300.0239 x105

Yes, as a coder you are responsible for code selection and assignment based on provider documentation.

Yes, you may bill dental as a secondary carrier to the medical plan payment. You will need to change the code on the dental claim form and submit the EOB from medical along with stating the code description of CPT code in box 35 of the ADA claim form

You will need to be more specific in your question, please resubmit your question with more specificity. 1. Pre or Post imaging 2. Image capture only, interpretation only or image and interpretation

1. D5982 2. D9450 3. you need to be more specific on the type of scans

You may bill D0470 along with D7880 as long as the casts are for diagnostic purposes and not being used to create the device. D7880 includes splints and therefore D9940 would be considered inclusive of D7880.