Correct CDT coding of dental insurance claims

Current Dental Terminology, or better known as the CDT, is recognized by most dental insurance companies and other third party carriers. Many of these companies use the CDT code set as one of their criteria to determine which procedures are referred to a dental consultant for review.

In fact, this field will often be used more often by payers than “Description of Procedure” field for identifying a procedure for benefits.

More details to follow on how to code and code correctly

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