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Do you need ICD-10-CM training to work as a medical coder and biller for a dental practice?
Do you need ICD-10-CM training to work as a medical coder and biller for a dental practice?
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Written by Andrew McLaughlin
Updated over a year ago

Reporting ICD-10-CM codes appropriately requires knowledge of ICD-10-CM coding. Dental coders must understand all coding guidelines, in addition to the conventions to select diagnosis codes accurately.

Among more than 73,000 codes in the ICD-10-CM code book, roughly 750 directly apply to dentistry. These codes provide the ability to capture descriptive information for various types of patient encounters and clinical conditions.

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