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D1206 Fluoride Varnish can be appropriate for any person no matter their age. That being said, most insurances will not pay for adults to have D1206. It is best to communicate to the patient they will likely be responsible for the cost of the D1206. There would be two reasons to apply D1206 to a (more)

No, the dentist must be present and review the patients chart for D0120 to be billed.

CDT code D0363 that was used for cone beam three dimensional image reconstruction has been deleted.

Hi, Which are you submitting? The missing tooth or the crowns?

Yes, the extraction should be billed out by the facility/provider who performed the service.

Did you submit the medical records for the necessity of the procedure? Be honest and open in your documentation - send medical records indicating the necessity of the procedure and a diagnosis to support what was done. You may want to also include a detailed letter that is descriptive of the necessity along with the (more)

D9310 should only be used on the initial examination where a referral was requested. If continued examinations are performed the appropriate code selection would be D0140.

Please be more specific in your question, as there is no current code for intraoral scan. What type of scan and why is it being preformed? Example intraoral cancer scan/screening ?

D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish D9910 Application of desensitizing medicament D9911 Application of desensitizing resin for cervical and/or root surface, per tooth hope this helps

Medical cross codes for examinations are based off documentation, there is no way to cross code this without seeing the documentation in the chart please refer to your CPT coding manual to select the most appropriate code; Examination code ranges: New patient 99202-99205, Established patient 99212-99215 As for the rest cross codes are as follows: (more)