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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)

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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.

The correct CPT code is 00170

Without more specific information your best and most accurate code would be D5281

If you are billing to the dental carrier you would use D7240 and note in the remarks area of the CDT form this is a supernumerary tooth. You should also include an x-ray along with the claim.