Insurance billing and coding.
Dent Clin North Am
; 52(3): 507-27, viii, 2008 Jul.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18501731
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of understanding various numeric and alpha-numeric codes for accurately billing dental and medically related services to private pay or third-party insurance carriers. In the United States, common dental terminology (CDT) codes are most commonly used by dentists to submit claims, whereas current procedural terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD.9.CM) codes are more commonly used by physicians to bill for their services. The CPT and ICD.9.CM coding systems complement each other in that CPT codes provide the procedure and service information and ICD.9.CM codes provide the reason or rationale for a particular procedure or service. These codes are more commonly used for "medical necessity" determinations, and general dentists and specialists who routinely perform care, including trauma-related care, biopsies, and dental treatment as a result of or in anticipation of a cancer-related treatment, are likely to use these codes. Claim submissions for care provided can be completed electronically or by means of paper forms.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Administração da Prática Odontológica
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Registros Odontológicos
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Administração Financeira
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Controle de Formulários e Registros
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Formulário de Reclamação de Seguro
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Seguro Odontológico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dent Clin North Am
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos