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Wiki Medical vs. Dental Codes

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I'm having a hard time with Highmark claims when it comes to billing wisdom teeth extractions to medical insurance using medical codes. The first code always pays, but all of the subsequent codes on the claim deny as duplicates. I make sure that the teeth numbers are on the claim too. Am I better off just using dental codes due to this issue? Has anyone had this problem? Like I said, this is just a Highmark thing.

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We bill the dental codes to medical for wisdom teeth extractions and anesthesia and haven't had any issues with duplicate denials.
The dental codes are on our medical contract with BCBS and most other medical insurances so reimbursement isn't an issue either.
 
Jmyers1205 said:
We bill the dental codes to medical for wisdom teeth extractions and anesthesia and haven't had any issues with duplicate denials.
The dental codes are on our medical contract with BCBS and most other medical insurances so reimbursement isn't an issue either.
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Thank you very much!
 
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