Beginning and Advanced Medical Dental Cross Coding

A solution to increased production and collections in your practice are often benefits that are available under the patient’s medical plan for services that are considered medical. Oral Surgeons have been billing medical for a long time with great success, if billed properly. Patients want to receive the care they need to stay healthy, but payment is an issue. Helping the practice bill medical is a way to help open up another entire maximum (benefit dollars) for the patient to take advantage of, and allows you to start working with physicians in many areas of medicine.

Beginning and Advanced Medical Dental Cross Coding Course Objective:

• Establish knowledge of dental billing
• Establish knowledge of medical billing
• Review current patient health history
• Discuss health education theories and principles as applied to patients
• Discuss recent patient health education developments & links from oral to body

Beginning and Advanced Medical Dental Cross Coding Course Outcome:

• Demonstrate how to communicate and evaluate health information with patient to provide medical coverage
• Understand the why you can bill medical
• What can be billed medical
• Discuss working with their medical provider and medical insurance