Audio Recording

Dental Coding: Your Guide To Timely Reimbursement
Charles Hoffman, Ph.D., DMD


Accurate and consistent procedure reporting on claim forms or patient records are hallmarks of a successful dental office. Familiarity with the Code on Dental Procedures & Nomenclature (CDT Code) enables you to document dental services, as well as recognize claim adjudication errors. The CDT Code is a component of patient records and dental claims, both paper and electronic, and enables you to receive timely reimbursement for services rendered. This workshop, crafted for dentists and their staff, is an interactive session that features changes in the 2014 CDT Code and coding scenarios arising from clinical situations. Time permitting, the course also will cover information on non-participating dentist issues with third-party carriers, contractual issues, payer cost-containment methods, preventing and resolving errors, and common claim denial.

Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Understand the Code’s structure and recent changes.
• Ways the Code supports documenting procedures of varied complexity and one or more dates of service.
• Learn basic dental and medical claim submission.
• Identify and address problems with payer claims adjudication.
• Learn payer cost containment and risk management.