New codes, new staff, new
diagnoses—these situations can slow down the billing process and cause coding
confusion. This companion book to CDT 2021: Current Dental Terminology
compiles
more than 200 frequently asked coding questions and gives the answers dentists
and dental teams need. It also presents more than 140 common dental coding
scenarios and explains how to properly resolve them.
In addition to adding
new coding scenarios and coding Q&As, the section on ICD-10 coding has
been enhanced and expanded. Information on coding for people with special
healthcare needs has been added, as well as a resource for smoking cessation and dental
care.
The CDT Companion explains
codes dealing with:
• Counseling for the control and
prevention of adverse oral, behavioral, and systemic health effects associated
with high-risk substance use, including vaping
• Medicament application
for the prevention of caries
• Image captures done through teledentistry
by a licensed practitioner to forward to another dentist for
interpretation
• Testing to
identify patients who may be infected with SARS-CoV-2 (aka
COVID-19)
For years, the ADA’s
Council on Dental Benefits has fielded questions from dentists and dental teams.
CDT 2021 Coding Companion: Training Guide for the Dental Team
has all the
answers—it’s an essential resource for every dental office to be used as a
self-guided training tool, a helpful refresher and an everyday resource.
The e-book can be viewed from any device with
web-browsing capabilities. Redemption codes for e-books are located inside the
front cover of each book. You can redeem your e-book access code by visiting https://ebooks.ada.org/redeem.
For more information about ADA e-books, visit the ADA
e-book FAQ page
.
Features
• Developed by the ADA, the official source for CDT
codes
• Illustrated section on coding for implants
• May reduce
claims rejection because it helps improve coding skills, saving both money and
time
• Frees up staff for other duties because if they code correctly,
they spend less time on coding in general
• Explains ICD-10 Diagnosis
codes and how they relate to dentistry
• Organized by category of
service so information is easier to find based on the specific needs of your
dental practice
• Written by a variety of coding experts, such as dental
consultants, practicing dentists, dental school faculty, dental specialty
association representatives and insurance industry veterans
• Index by
numeric code
• Nearly
150 coding scenarios, based on questions submitted by ADA members, provide step-by-step
coding solutions.
• More than
200 answers to questions posed by ADA members in a brief Q&A
format
• New! Alphabetic index by topic
• New! Section on coding
for patients with special healthcare needs
Specifications
Page
count: 393
Illustrations and tables: N/A
Binding: Spiral
E-book:
Yes
ISBN: 978-1-68447-066-2 -
book
978-1-68447-067-9 – e-book
Copyright year:
2021
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