Hi, My 10 year old son took a pitch to the face while at bat in a Little League game. His two front teeth are intact and he needed subsequent root canals. They tried Pulpal regeneration before performing the root canals to see if the blood supply Would regenerate. This did not work….as they continued to do he root canals a month later. Long story short and nearly $2200.00 later, our dental insurance is not covering these charges. I”ve spoken with several (medical)billers that have told me that because his root canals were due to an injury (not lack of care) and because it is involving tissue (his roots of his teeth) that my medical Insurance should cover this. Not to mention, my medical Insurance has the paper trail of ER Visit, stitches, x-ray, etc. The problem I”m having is that my medical Insurance wants CPT and HCPCS codes. The Endodontist office provides CDT codes. How do I translate one into the other? Here are the codes from the endodontist office: CDT 3355 -Pulpal regeneration- initial visit CDT 3310 – anterior root canal CDT 39999 – mineral trioxide aggregate Mat These are all x2 (both front teeth involved. Thank you for ANY help you can provide. Krista
