According to DDPA 2020 Adult’s Oral Health & Well-Being Survey, “more than 1 in 4 Americans (27%) who’ve bypassed dental care admit they were scared of going to the dentist.” Providing care for patients with dental anxiety requires time and patience. In busy dental offices, this can be a challenge to keep in mind, and even more […]
According to the American Medical Association, approximately 30 million people in the United States have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea has become more widely recognized as a life-damaging and potentially life-shortening disease, yet still only 20% of people suffering from sleep apnea are diagnosed and treated. That means 24 million people have yet to be diagnosed […]
One of the fundamental aspects of your dental practice’s financial health revolves around the utilization of Current Dental Terminology (CDT) codes. These codes, central to dental billing and communication, are vital to successful claim submissions and eventual insurance reimbursement. However, many practices have yet to maximize the potential of the most current dental coding and administration […]
One of the more common challenges for dental practices is proper implant coding and reporting of implant-related procedures. There are numerous CDT codes that describe the various implant-related procedures, but not all of the codes may be in the Implant Services Category (D6000–D6199), which can lead to coding conundrums and denied claims. In this blog, […]
CDT 2023 introduced several new codes to the code set, six of which deal with stationary intraoral tomosynthesis (sIOT). While a similar concept has been used in mammography for some time, it is a new technology for dental practices. So what is stationary intraoral tomosynthesis and how do you confidently code for it? What is […]