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HCA: Dental – CDT® Code Change for Frenectomy

Jan 6, 2021
The Health Care Authority (HCA) recently sent the following alert to dental Medicaid providers.

Apple Health (Medicaid) Provider Alert

Attention Dental providers:

Effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2021, CDT® code D7960 has been deleted from the 2021 Current Dental Terminology (CDT) and replaced with CDT® codes D7961 and D7962. The new codes are defined to be site specific; arch designation is no longer required.

The Health Care Authority (HCA) will publish an updated version of the Dental-Related Services Program Billing Guide on January 8, 2021.

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