What Is a Dental Coder

Dental coders and students preparing for a career in dental billing and coding need reliable coding skills. Additionally, dental coders must be able to understand clinical documentation to correctly assign CDT®, CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II codes to billable services performed in the dentist office.

What do dental coders do?

Dental coders and students preparing for a career in dental billing and coding need reliable coding skills. Additionally, dental coders must be able to understand clinical documentation to correctly assign CDT®, CPT®, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II codes to billable services performed in the dentist office.

What is dental coding?

What are CDT Codes? CDT Codes are a set of medical codes for dental procedures that cover oral health and dentistry. Each procedural code is an alphanumeric code beginning with the letter “D” (the procedure code) and followed by four numbers (the nomenclature).