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89201
Type:
MISC, ORTHODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Primary Dentition, Remov App
Unit:
Class II Malocclusion

89301
Type:
MISC, ORTHODONTICS
Clinical Procedure:
Primary Dentition, Remov App
Unit:
Class III Malocclusion

91121
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Pain, Unclassified Treatment
Unit:
EmergencyServicesNotInGuide 1U

91122
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Pain, Unclassified Treatment
Unit:
EmergencyServicesNotInGuide 2U

91123
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Pain, Unclassified Treatment
Unit:
EmergencyServicesNotInGuide 3U

91129
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Pain, Unclassified Treatment
Unit:
EmergencyServicesNotInGuideEAU

91201
Type:
Adjunctive General Services
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatment, unusual time and responsibilities
Unit:
Delivery of care designated by the plan provider (in addition to the codes representing the services rendered)

This code is intended to be used by those providing in hospital services under the MSI COHP

91211
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Unusual Time/Responsibility 1U

91212
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Unusual Time/Responsibility 2U

91213
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Unusual Time/Responsibility 3U

91219
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Unusual Time/Respons EAU

91231
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Manage Exceptional Patient 1U

91232
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Manage Exceptional Patient 2U

91233
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Manage Exceptional Patient 3U

91234
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Manage Exceptional Patient 4U

91239
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Unclassified Treatments
Unit:
Manage Exceptional Patient EAU

92101
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Anesthesia, Local
Unit:
Regional Block

Using codes 92101 and 92102 to bill for the use of local anesthetic during scaling appointments is inappropriate. The correct way to code for the administration of local anesthetic during hygiene appointments is to include it as part of the overall per-unit-of-time scaling or root planning procedures.

92102
Type:
ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERV
Clinical Procedure:
Anesthesia, Local
Unit:
Trigeminal Division Block

Using codes 92101 and 92102 to bill for the use of local anesthetic during scaling appointments is inappropriate. The correct way to code for the administration of local anesthetic during hygiene appointments is to include it as part of the overall per-unit-of-time scaling or root planning procedures.

92332
Type:
OTHER SERVICES
Clinical Procedure:
delivery of anaesthesia, Delivery of deep sedation anaesthesia without the provision of facilities. [PS] (Includes pre-anesthetic evaluation, post-anesthetic evaluation and post-anesthetic follow-up)
Unit:
two units [PS]

92333
Type:
OTHER SERVICES
Clinical Procedure:
delivery of anaesthesia, Delivery of deep sedation anaesthesia without the provision of facilities. [PS] (Includes pre-anesthetic evaluation, post-anesthetic evaluation and post-anesthetic follow-up)
Unit:
three units [PS]
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