Re: CDT-5

purple543210_at_yahoo.ca
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: 8 Dec 2004 11:22:18 -0800

It is bull that the insurance carriers force anyone to use any codes.
They need to pay the claims based on what is done.
for example you did a crown on #19 they need to pay for it regardless
of what their software says.
To simply sit back and say it is up to them to deny a claim based on
incorrect coding is a bunch of crap and should not be tolerated period.
I do not have all these codes memorized, my staff does not know all of
them the insurance input person does not know them all, especially if
the definitions keep changing every year. Everyone knows the
discription and they use it to associate to some CDT-5 code both at the
dental office and the insurance company end. So please do not tell me
that it takes more effort for everyone to follow the discription than
the code.
And I am a little ticked off that our staff are doing the insurance
company's job at our expense, this is the insurance company's job and
they are passing it on to us so they can cut costs.
Where is the ADA in standing up for our rights? all they want to do is
make a profit from us so that they can spend it on themselves with
their lavish parties airfares and hotel accomodations for their
delegates and staff not to mention all the spam mail that they print.
Which insurance company or Bank is the ADA going to help sponsor this
year which one of these companies is going to get all the dentist
clients, which one will go under as a result of the competitor getting
the mail list? Its a vicious world out there and the ADA is in the
middle of it.

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