BC Advantage - 2021 Issue 7

Since When did Dental Claims Require Diagnosis Codes?

The objective of the Accountable Care organization is to integrate and consolidate patient care management to improve patient outcomes. Changes and coordination of dental and medical care are already becoming more apparent when dental offices are being required to bill a patient's medical plan for dental visits due to an accident, trauma, sleep apnea, cancer treatment, or oral surgery.everal states are currently mandating the use of ICD-10-CM codes reported along with the dental codes. For example, Arizona requires a diagnosis code reported on a claim form if the reason for the visit is an underlying medical condition. Check...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to BC Advantage.

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.