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Hi Guest! D4277 – free soft tissue graft procedure (including donor site surgery), first tooth or edentulous tooth position in graft D4278 – free soft tissue graft procedure (including recipient and donor surgical sites) each additional contiguous tooth, implant or edentulous tooth position in same graft site You can certainly bill these services to medical, but of course whether or not they will be covered by medical depends on the situation/diagnosis. In order for medical to cover, the case does need to be considered medical in nature rather than dental in nature. For procedures that are typically dental in nature, they cross over to the medical in nature realm in situations such as accidental injury/trauma, tumor/cyst removals, and functional impairment, for example. Hope this helps!