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The standard is 13 years and older

Since this was a restorative material failure and it was composite and codes only exist for crown, inlay, onlay, and veneer the most appropriate code would be D2999 with a brief narrative to accompany the claim.

It is not common practice to code D0120 with treatment, this is used for 6 month check-up. You are to use D0140 or D0170 for exams with treatment as long as the documentation supports an exam at the same time.

For medical it is usually billed out in 15 minute increments, for dental according to utilization review guidelines this code is to be used once per visit.

You will use the NPI of the dentist who performed the work in box 54 and the facility/dentist (sole proprietor LLC information) entity in boxes 48-52

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You may register for the CDC-S exam at the following URL https://www.adcaonline.org/certification/cdc-s

No, this is not within the scope of practice for a dental hygienist. The dentist must be present and review the documentation as well as add to the documentation to make this a valid billable code.

Yes, you may bill a limited exam with an extraction code.

Depending on the type of material used for the immediate partial dentures they codes will be as follows: D5221 immediate maxillary partial denture - resin base D5222 immediate mandibular partial denture - resin base D5223 - immediate maxillary partial denture- cast metal framework D5224 - immediate mandibular partial denture - cast metal framework