coding from medical to dental

[Jeremy Hobbs]

code 11044 to a dental code

[niermanpm]

When you say “debridement of the mandible,” are you referring to removing plaque/calculus buildup around the teeth and gums on the mandibular arch? Or are you referring to some kind of scaling of the osseous substructures? Because the code for a full-mouth debridement in the former case would be D4355. I”m just not sure if that”s what you”re asking for.

[niermanpm]

We had a patient in today that had a deep debridement of the mandible. I need to bill this to the VA and they need it in a dental code. Is there one? I have searched and cannot find one.

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