Now, last coding, Fast Facts, we talked about why radiographs need to have medical necessity, a reason why you took the radiograph and then also has to have proof of the fact that you reviewed the radiograph and noted any findings. So with D0210, that’s not any different.
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Fast Facts: Coding Episode 11 [Andrew Johnston, RDH] Welcome back everyone! You are listening to another episode of Fast Facts- Coding Edition brought to you by A Tale of Two Hygienists in partnership with DentistRX. And now, please welcome your host, Teresa Duncan, MS. [Teresa Duncan, MS] Hello, and welcome to
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Hi, welcome to your Coding: Fast Facts today we’re going to talk about D1110 versus D4346. What are these codes? Well, they’re the most common preventive codes that you’re going to run into. And so let’s just go over the first ones. D1110 is prophylaxis, adult, and real dry here. But let me go ahead and read you the exact definition of it.
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Now, what we’re going to do with the laser disinfection is we’re going to make sure that it’s noted in the clinical notes what you did, what is encompassed in that. And so there has to be some verbiage in the clinical documentation that you actually did do this. Now, will it be covered?
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Today we’re going to talk about D0171, which is a follow up code. It’s a post op evaluation code that is so criminally underutilized. I like to say that about this code, it’s criminally underutilized. Same thing with adult fluoride. One of those codes that just is there, and I just think it could be used more.
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Today, let’s talk about evaluation codes. Well, what are these codes? You will find them in the beginning of the CDT code book under the diagnostics section. Now, most of you are familiar with evaluation codes, D0140 & D0120 but there are other ones. So you have D0145, which is for the little kids, three and under.
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Today we’re going to talk about D9993, which is dental case management, motivational interviewing. This might be a new code to you. This is not very often used and it is just one of those that sits down at the bottom of the code set, and unless you’re going and looking for it, you may not even be aware that it’s been there for quite a few years!
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Today we’re going to talk about D6080 and D6081. Let’s go over D6080 first implant maintenance procedures when prosthesis are removed and reinserted, including the cleansing of prosthesis and abutments, and so let’s go deeper into the descriptor.
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Today we’re going to talk about four different codes, but they are pretty much the same code just for different scenarios. You have D9932, D9933, D9934 and D9935, and these are found in the 9000 series. Here’s the definition for these particular procedure codes.
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Today we’re going to talk about D4355, which is more affectionately referred to as that debridement code. Let’s go over the official definition before we get into the nitty gritty. It is a full mouth debridement to enable a comprehensive oral evaluation and a diagnosis on a subsequent visit. (That’s important!) Now here’s the description. Full mouth debridement involves the preliminary removal of plaque and calculus that interferes with the ability of the dentist to perform a comprehensive oral evaluation.
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Today we’re going to talk about D4381. This is the localized delivery of antimicrobial agents via a controlled release vehicle into diseased crevicular tissue and it is a per tooth code. Now let’s go over the actual definition of it before we go into some of the exclusions, clauses and documentation needs for it.
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Today we have some procedure codes which are my favorite, and I’m really just kidding when I say that, today we’re going to tackle 4910, which is the periodontal maintenance code, and the 4341 and 4342 codes, which, of course, are your scaling and root planing codes.
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