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Admin October 10, 2012 7:12 am
As long as the patient is condisdered by the dentist as a periodontal patient and the patient has enlarged pocket depths of 5mm or more you may bill the D4910.
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Admin October 9, 2012 10:56 am
decidious teeth usually do not have what we recognize as root tips, you would still use D7111 for decidious teeth.
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Admin October 9, 2012 8:21 am
Each carrier has there own set criteria, however, in general the following must be present. 1. pocket depths must be 4mm-5mm or higher 2. Bleeding must be present 3. Gross plaque and/or calculus present 4. Either periodontal surgery was performed or full mouth debridement prior to RPS
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Admin September 29, 2012 7:49 am
Generally speaking they must bill under the supervision of a dentist. There are some procedures they may perform without the presence of a dentist such as routine cleanings, and x-rays. However the x-rays MUST be read by a dentist.
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Admin September 25, 2012 11:07 am
Medicare has a handbook on correct billing guidelines for dental procedures: http://cms.hhs.gov/site-search/search-results.html?q=billing%20for%20manual%20for%20dental Article 140
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Admin September 15, 2012 6:17 am
The most appropriate code would be D7970
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Admin September 14, 2012 10:26 am
The code D2751 includes the crown prep, anesthetic, temporary crown and permanent crown. It does not include a crown build up, crown lenthening, or pins...these are billable seperately.
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Admin September 14, 2012 10:22 am
Yes, this would be considered a core build-up...D2950
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Admin August 11, 2012 8:24 am
Yes, removal of root tips and the removal of a benign odontogenic cyst is billable in the same day.
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Admin August 2, 2012 6:36 am
If the filling is a final resotration you would use code D2391
