Ask the Coder (516) All questionsAnswered questionsUnanswered questions >« Back to Full Questions ListAnswersViewsQuestion1answer20views Patient has wisdom teeth surgery. Four days later comes in with dry socket and is treated for this. Four days after the dry socket treatment is seen for follow up by surgeon. What is appropriate to bill for the dry socket treatment as well as the follow up to the treatment?1answer20views Can you explain what the criteria for a D4341/D4342 needs to be in order to allow this code to be billed. For example, what does the pocket depths need to be? How many need to be at that level.1answer20views We are a multi-provider office and there are occasions that one of our dentists refers to another dentist within our practice. Many times an inter-office referral is able to be determined by looking at the X-Ray and the patient's dental record and then the patient is scheduled accordingly. Sometimes however, the dentist that will be taking on the proposed treatment will need to see the patient to clinically evaluate the area before the treatment is scheduled. What code could the dentist use to evaluate proposed treatment to determine if they are able to perform the treatment in question?1answer19views Effective October 1, 2015 what version claim form do we use for claim submission? Do we need to submit with ICD-10 codes? I recently received a call from a local pharmacy stating we need to submit ICD-10 codes on the prescription as well. Please advise at the soonest. Thank you!1answer19views If a pt is billed with dental codes, comes back to the ofc and then is billed with medical codes. Is the E/M billed with a new pt code or a est pt E/M code?1answer19views I wanted to know if you have a location where you share what documentation requirements are needed to support the billing of all new CDT 2014 codes. For example D0601-D0603?1answer19views My pt is 24 years old (DOB 12/26) and lives at home, she has her own policy through MetLife Dental and her mother (DOB 12/27) has a policy through Delta Dental. I want to confirm that her policy is primary and mothers is secondary. Is this correct???1answer19views > If a young child had extensive restorative dental work completed in > an out-pt OR hospital setting, as well as 8 extractions (D7140), how > do I go about billing medical for the extractions. I was told in a > previously submitted question that CPT code 41899 can be used to bill > medical using the CMS-1500 form if more than 7 extractions were > performed. > > I am a little confused on how to approach the 1500 form. Do I need to > include all of the D-codes charged out for the apt as well? The > extractions are the only ones I can submit to medical insurance under > code 41899 to my understanding. > > Or do I only bill code 41899 eight different times on the CMS-1500 > form and not include the other D-codes? > > Would this process change if the insurance provider is the same for both the medical > and dental benefits? > > Thank you for you time. I really appreciate any clarification I can > get.1answer19views How do I start taking this course by modules? Thanks!1answer19views i just signed up for membership of adca and would like to get the 25% discount on my isp study program…Do I get this coupon code from you? « Previous 1 … 43 44 45 46 47 … 52 Next » Ask a Question