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    I have a patient coming into the office who needs a 3 unit bridge replaced. The patient has medicare insurance. I know medicare does not pay for dental work but the patient has had cancer of the mouth and has lost his upper palate to cancer. The patient wears a Definitive obturator. The 3 unit brigde helps hold his obturator in. Well medicare pay for this and what ICD-9 code do I use. Thank You.
    Admin February 15, 2012 7:49 am
    Most likely Medicare will not cover this procedure, you may contact Medicare and see if they will pre-authorize the procedure based on the systemic disease (cancer) and the need for a prosthesis to return normal functionality of chewing.
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    how do I submit CEU's????
    Admin June 7, 2016 2:05 pm
    CEU's may be submitted starting June 1st of each perspective year...you must sign into your members dashboard and select the "upload CEU" button.
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    asked 9 years ago by
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    Is there an age when Medicare is automatically the primary insurance carrier in the state of Massachusetts?
    Admin December 16, 2010 11:49 am
    Medicare is never automatically the primary insurance carrier for any state, you must determine what coverage the patient has and determine who is the primary carrier. Let's say for example the patient has a working spouse with crediable coverage through Cigna, in this instance the patient's primary carrier would be Cigna and Medicare would be (more)
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    Shauna DaSilva
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    Hello! If a patient has dual insurance. And both insurances pay 80% for crown. If primary fee is $680 and secondary fee is $757. How would it be calculate. And does the patient need to pay any portion?
    Admin September 4, 2016 7:28 am
    You may not collect more than the UCR fee for the service provided. If both primary and secondary paid the write off would come from the primary payer.
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    asked 9 years ago by
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    What Level E/M code do I need to bill for Dental code D9310 when the patient is being evaluated for the surgical extraction of wisdom teeth?
    Admin November 5, 2013 7:35 pm
    If they are new to the practice 99203, if the patient is established 99213. Please note the documentation MUST be complete to meet these levels of service.
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    asked 12 years ago by
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    Dental Sedation Time Requirments
    Can you bill for D9223 if less than 15 minutes additional sedation was completed? For example, if 20 minutes of sedation was done can you bill both D9222 and D9223? Thanks.
    Austinida June 16, 2025 8:14 am
    Hello! D9222 and D9223 are billed specifically in 15 minute increments, so if it is under 30 minutes, it is not recommended to bill for both D9222 and D9223 (total of 30 minutes) if only 20 minutes of sedation were performed.
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    I work at a hospital based dental clinic which also has a dental residency program. We are switching from the hospital billing system to Softdent on Monday September 15. During training it came to our attention that the claim forms are generated from the schedule in Softdent. Our current procedure for claims is that all the residents and hygienists are billed under our program director and claims are sent out under his NPI # and license #. With the way Softdent is set up we can have a "billing provider" and a "treating provider". Our problem is that the residents do not have license numbers but they do have NPI numbers. The hygienists have license numbers but no NPI numbers. The ADA claim form has those fields under the treating provider section. Is it ok to have the resident/hygienist listed on the claim form without having a license number or NPI? I hope you can help us solve this problem as we are going live with the new software on Monday. Thank you for your time and assistance.
    Admin September 11, 2014 1:49 pm
    The appropriate way to submit the claim would be to have the attending provider’s information in box 45-52a and the treating/resident/hygienist information placed in box 53-58 of the ADA 2012 claim form. You may submit the claim with the hygienist or residents NPI number only as long as the attending has both NPI and license (more)
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    asked 11 years ago by
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    What D code can be used for an Federally Qualified Health Center organizations to bill Medicaid for the supplemental payment or wrap for multiple visit procedures such as crowns or root canals in New York State? Thanks for any help you can provide.
    Admin January 23, 2015 3:21 pm
    The appropriate code for post-operative visits is D0171
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    asked 11 years ago by
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    Can you resubmit a claim with a supervising dentist?
    Admin May 4, 2019 4:03 pm
    This question is to vague please give more detail...
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    asked 6 years ago by
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    Is there a guideline for a dental provider on signing off on documentation when patient is seen? If patient is seen mutiple days, Can one documentation be used or does each day need to be initialed and/or signed by the dentist?
    Admin December 28, 2016 11:16 am
    No, the provider must document clearly each day what was done and each day needs to be signed off on.
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