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If we pull tooth k and place a space maintainer on tooth L to hold space till tooth 20 comes in what tooth do we bill out for code D1510?
Tanya October 25, 2022 7:05 pm
You can also add the quadrant which will be LL quadrant 3.
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I had my teeth removed in another country but did not have time to stay to have the stitches removed. I was charged $250 to have the stitches removed from the inferior maxillary. The code used was D7912, which is for complicated stitches bigger than ...
Karen January 27, 2023 9:55 am
D9999 is an unspecified Oral Surgery procedure, in this case even though the dentist was not the person to do the extraction, but he did do the removal of the stitches. I believe even if it’s not billed code d7912, it is the proper code for the procedure the patient had.
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Should we bill 20240 superficial or 20245 deep for biopsy . I feel the codes our providers are selecting is incorrect they are picking 20245 (deep)
asw0929 May 18, 2022 7:18 pm
More specifically where is your biopsy? Most likely, if you are coding dental, you are going to use 20240 (superficial), but I would hate to say without hearing specifically where this biopsy is taking place. 20240: The physician performs an open biopsy on bone to confirm a suspected growth, disease, or infection. With the patient (more)
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While at my dentist”s office for a temporary filing for a tooth that had chipped, the dentist mentioned that the oral surgeon from his office wasn’t busy and he stepped in to chat for a minute. Codes D0220 and D0140 were billed to my insurance compan...
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Or is this procedure inclusive to the surgical extraction?
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We no longer take impressions or diagnostic casts. Is there a CDT code that would cover the intraloral scan with our Itero when we are preparing a treatment/case work up for an Invisalign consult? Can we still bill out D0470 or do we use D0393?
Admin July 26, 2022 4:46 pm
D0470
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Patient presented with avulsed tooth #11. Dr. Arndt re-stabilized . I have to send to medical first. I need CPT code and DX code.
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If you do a DO filling and a B filling on the same tooth and the DO does not touch the B can you bill for 2 seperate fillings the same day?
Admin December 22, 2022 8:08 pm
Yes but in many cases the insurance will downgrade it to a D2393 and pay it as that code. I've recently dealt with this with a patient with Guardian insurance.
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Has this code been replaced? Need to remove bone in the area of 22 and 29. What do I use?
Admin February 27, 2023 1:15 pm
If your talking about alveoloplasy it’s D7310
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I know there are snow med and snow dent - but the ada has their own list of condition codes right?
asw0929 August 18, 2022 7:02 pm
I am unsure, honestly, how to answer this. I am not familiar with anything beyond SNOMED and SNODENT. https://www.ada.org/resources/practice/dental-standards/snodent
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