Abstract
Today’s version of the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature – commonly referred to as CDT 2024 -- is the latest iteration of the code set first published in 1969. The CDT Code is ADA intellectual property that serves dentists and the dental community at large as the HIPAA standard for documenting and reporting services delivered to patients. CDT supports multiple needs: e.g., documentation; billing and reimbursement; revenue; data analytics. The code set’s maintenance is an open process overseen by the ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs’ Code Maintenance Committee. Any dentist or interested party may submit a maintenance request. This paper will comment on this code set’s origins, structure, current usage, and maintenance process, as well as suggesting how CDT could continue to evolve.
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Pokorny, Frank J. II, MBA, FACD(Hon)
(2024)
"Dentistry’s CDT Code: Its Origins, Use and Future,"
The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association: Vol. 106:
No.
4, Article 3.
Available at:
https://commons.ada.org/journalmichigandentalassociation/vol106/iss4/3
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