Article Detail - JE Part B
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.