New Dental Specialty Codes for Medicare

Related CR Release Date: August 31, 2023
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
Implementation Date: January 2, 2024
Related Change Request (CR) Number: CR 13323
Related CR Transmittal Number: R12231CP

CR 13323 establishes new provider specialty codes for dentists. These new provider specialty codes include:

  • E3 – Dental Anesthesiology
  • E4 – Dental Public Health
  • E5 – Endodontics
  • E6 – Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • E7 – Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
  • E9 – Oral Medicine
  • F1 – Orofacial Pain
  • F2 – Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • F3 – Pediatric Dentistry
  • F4 – Periodontics
  • F5 – Prosthodontics

Providers may begin self-designating these new specialty codes beginning January 1, 2024.

Make sure your billing staff knows about these changes.

View the complete CMS Change Request (CR)13323.

Last Updated Feb 08 , 2024