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You will not receive correspondence from the ADCA using a Hotmail email address...please contact the association immediately to update your email so you are able to receive the information you need. You may contact our Director of Education at 800.300.0239 x105

Login to the members area and login to the classroom are completely separate, they are not the same and login to the classroom does not appear in your members area. Login information is given to you in a separate email from your instructor.

This is carrier specific and you will need to check with each individual carrier guidelines. However according to Delta Dental Utilization Review the rule of thumb is to bill on the delivery date.

According to best practices periodontal charting should be performed once a year on a healthy patient and once every six months on a patient with peridontal disease.

If the anesthesiologist is part of the practice using the same Tax ID you would put the practice information in box(s) 48-52 and the Rendering provider information in box(s) 53-27

You may register for the CDC-S exam at the following URL https://www.adcaonline.org/certification/cdc-s

A follow-up visit after extractions is not billable, it is considered inclusive of the primary procedure.

You will need to append the correct ICD-9-CM codes to the claim to prove "medical necessity" and therefore bill out as a medical condition...your diagnosis codes tell the story. It tells "why" a procedure needs to be preformed and it proves "medical necessity". For example: patient has gross carries and is unable to eat causing (more)

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You are coding this incorrectly: The office visit depending on the documentation noted in the chart should be D0140 or D0160, as this is either a limited oral evaluation focusing on one specific problem or a detailed exam focusing on one problem, however, the patient may have physical limitations or on medications that require a (more)