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• we have questions about the new dental code of D9311 ( consult w/ medical health care professional). What kind of documentation is required in order to bill out this code for dental services ( amount of time spent w/ medical provider discussing the patient's medical history, etc.) and where should it be documented ( in patient's medical and dental chart)? Also, we have clinics that offer medical and dental services both in the same building and sometimes we have patients who are being seen for dental and their face is swollen so we have to send them over to the medical side of our facilities for a rocephin shot and was wondering if the D9311 code would be appropriate to use in those cases.

we have questions about the new dental code of D9311 ( consult w/ medical health care professional). What kind of documentation is required in order to bill out this code for dental services ( amount of time spent w/ medical provider discussing the patient’s medical history, etc.) and where should it be documented ( in patient’s medical and dental chart)? Also, we have clinics that offer medical and dental services both in the same building and sometimes we have patients who are being seen for dental and their face is swollen so we have to send them over to the medical side of our facilities for a rocephin shot and was wondering if the D9311 code would be appropriate to use in those cases.