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CODE TYPE CLINICAL PROCEDURE UNIT  

39311
Type:
ENDODONTICS, MISC
Clinical Procedure:
Bleaching, Non Vital
Unit:
One Unit

41211
Type:
Non-Surgical, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Mucosal, Oral Diseases
Unit:
One Unit

41221
Type:
Non-Surgical, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Nerv/Muscular, Oral Diseases
Unit:
One Unit

41231
Type:
Non-Surgical, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Oral Diseases, Systemic
Unit:
One Unit

41301
Type:
Non-Surgical, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Desensitization
Unit:
One Unit

42821
Type:
PERIODONTICS, Surgical
Clinical Procedure:
Misc, Post Surgical Perio TX
Unit:
One Unit

42831
Type:
PERIODONTICS, Surgical
Clinical Procedure:
Misc, PerioAbsc/Pericoronitis
Unit:
One Unit

To be used in emergency situations to treat localized infections such as periodontal abscesses or pericoronitis. It is inappropriate to use this code when the intent of treatment is disinfection of periodontal pockets performed as an adjunctive antimicrobial therapy with scaling and root planning.

43421
Type:
Adjunctive, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Root Planing
Unit:
One Unit

49101
Type:
Micellanous, PERIODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Re-evaluation
Unit:
One Unit

The periodontal evaluation/ re-evaluations codes (49101-49109) would be used when the intent of the examination and diagnosis is the evaluation of ongoing periodontal treatment or a post-surgical re-evaluation performed more than one month after surgery or performed by a practitioner other than the treating dentist.

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