**CANCELED** Conquering The Challenges Of Dental To Medical Cross Coding

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Target Audience

General Dentists, New Dentists, Staff, Spouses

Description

The dental team is faced with a growing number of reasons to communicate with patients concerning their medical health care coverage. Changes in our health care system have resulted in a growing trend of dentists being asked to submit dental procedures to a patient’s medical plan. This course will provide the participant with the knowledge necessary to successfully submit a medical claim. Dental procedures commonly submitted to medical will be addressed.

Speaker
DILAINE GLOEGE, CDC
Dr. Charles Blair and Associates, Inc.
Dilaine Gloege, CDC is a dental coding and billing support specialist. She is the Call Support Center Supervisor for the Insurance Solutions Newsletter and Practice Booster and has 27 years of dental experience.
Dilaine is fortunate to have had the opportunity to share her passion for dentistry as a Certified Dental Assistant, Business Team Member and Practice Administrator. She looks forward to sharing that same passion with you and your dental team, as you continue to grow your practice.

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers are an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers designates this activity for up to 4.0 hours of continuing education credits.

Disclaimer
Dental Institutions providing dental education have an obligation to disseminate new knowledge related to dental practice. In doing so, some information or presentations may include controversial materials or commercial references. The Charlotte AHEC office acknowledges that there is potential risk to participants using limited knowledge when incorporating new techniques and procedures into their practices, especially when the continuing education program has not provided them with supervised clinical experience in the techniques or procedures to ensure that they have attained competence. Sponsorship of continuing education courses by the Charlotte AHEC office does not imply endorsement of a particular philosophy, product or procedure by this institution.

Disclosure Statement/Conflict of Interest
In accordance with the ADA CERP Standard V., everyone involved in planning or presenting this educational activity will be required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests and this information will be made available to participants at the start of the activity. As a continuing education provider, the Charlotte AHEC office is responsible for ensuring the content, quality and scientific integrity of all continuing dental education activities for which credit is provided. The Charlotte AHEC office is also responsible for taking steps to protect against and/or disclose any conflict of interest of the faculty/instructors presenting those courses.

Objectives

• Learn the various code sets used for the submission of medical claims
• Understand the purpose and application of ICD-10-CM
• Know which ICD-10-CM codes commonly apply to the dental practice
• Learn which medical (CPT) codes are reported for extractions, radiographs, and other dental procedures
• Understand how the ICD-10-CM codes are applied to support medical necessity
• Learn how to complete a CMS 1500 medical claim form
• Learn which procedures are often considered “medical in nature”
• Know which medical codes are reported for common accident related procedures
• Understand how cone beam imaging is reported to medical carriers
• Learn basic Medicare rules and how it applies to the dental practice

Contact

Susan Walker

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