Palliative Treatment: When and How to Use CDT Code D9110
Dentists and their staff often find themselves scratching their heads when coding and documenting emergency visits. Much of that confusion stems from the use of D9110, palliative treatment of dental pain. Proper use of this dental code can ensure that a practice is accurately reimbursed by insurance when the time comes to bill the visit out.
What is a palliative treatment?
To put it simply, palliative treatment is used to alleviate the symptoms of pain/discomfort for a patient without solving the underlying condition. Palliatives are required to be hands-on and should not be coded in conjunction with final restorations being performed on the same tooth/area on the same day. Unlike other procedure codes, D9110 is vague and encompasses a lot of treatments that can help a patient in pain. It should be used when use of a more specific dental code wouldn’t be reasonably applicable...
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What is a palliative treatment?
To put it simply, palliative treatment is used to alleviate the symptoms of pain/discomfort for a patient without solving the underlying condition. Palliatives are required to be hands-on and should not be coded in conjunction with final restorations being performed on the same tooth/area on the same day. Unlike other procedure codes, D9110 is vague and encompasses a lot of treatments that can help a patient in pain. It should be used when use of a more specific dental code wouldn’t be reasonably applicable...
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