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HCPCS stands for Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System and is published by the American Medical Association (AMA). This book lists drug codes, durable medical equipment codes, outpatient services, and more. You may purchase the book from any company that sells coding manuals. If you would like the specific HCPCS codes please list what drugs you (more)

You will need to submit the claim to medical on a CMS-1500 form and attach a copy of the dental EOB to the claim. You will use CPT code 41899 in place of the D7111. For the D9248 you will need to list the drugs used and their appropriate HCPCS code.

Depending on the documentation provided and if the patient is new or established within the practice the correct CPT code(s) for D0140 would be 99201-99202 for a new patient or 99212-99213 for an established patient. You will find these codes by going to your index and looking up the main term Evaluation and Management, from (more)

You will need to request the password to be re-set by technical support...e-mail support@adcaonline.org with your First and Last name and e-mail address used for the exam engine.

41899 for both, you will clarify between the two in box 19 with a breif explanation (i.e. teeth involved #1 D7230 and #16 D7240)

If the dental carrier is requesting you to bill medical first then you are to bill medical first.

The tooth number in this case would be tooth "B"

CPT code 00170 will replace D9220 and D9221...it is billed out in units (15 minutes = 1 unit). CPT code 41899 will replace D7230 and D7240...in box 19 of the CMS 1500 form you will put the following (Teeth involved D7230 #1 & 16 D7240 #17 & 32 or whatever tooth number they are...)

All answered questions are delivered via e-mail and stored in the FAQ database... The supernumerary tooth is coded using D7240 and noted in the remarks area of the claim form as a supernumerary tooth. You will further add an S to the tooth number area.