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You need to check your insurance contract and fee schedule limitations for that particular insurance. Typically, insurance will not cover a D0140 and D1110 the same day but it depends on the contract. Hope this helps!!

Your question is subjective and depends on the charges and members allowable by the patient's insurance company, depending on the Oral Surgeon's participation in Dental and Medical plan coverage and procedures that will be performed based on medical necessity. In this instance, the Dental code would be D0704 &Imaging & D0470 records. The Medical would (more)

There are several different ways to handle this. I am assuming this is a new patient to your practice, you can bill out a D0150 as long a comprehensive exam is completed with the normal gathering of medical/dental and general history. Or you could also bill a D0145 before the age of three if counseling (more)

9310 is the correct code. Consultations (D9310) and exams often share the same frequency, by any chance was the D9310 denied due to frequency for exams had been met? Also, many dental plans will consider the exam inclusive of any other treatment performed that day and it might have been denied due to payment processing (more)

Suture Removal would only be charged for if your provider did not place them. Otherwise, they are included in the procedure that required them.

D7956 was used on me at Seinna Monarch dentistry, I asked them about the code, and he said that it was an expensive material, and they charge for it.Whatever that particular material is under that code.D 7956 there I wasn't able to get my services done...

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I will start by saying...read the code descriptions for each. The codes are distinctly different, and your provider should report the code that best describes the procedure performed. I caution you on substituting one code for another. Insurance carriers have the right to alter payment based on policy provisions and the codes submitted but as (more)