GDA Action September 2019

September 2019 • 41 Attention Georgia Dental Medicaid Providers If you or your staff have any questions regarding this matter, or if you have not received the 3% increase on the above CDT codes after July 1st, please contact the GDA’s Director of Health Policy, Emily Yona, at 404.636.7553 or emily@gadental.org . Effective July 1, 2019, the following 12 CDT codes covered by Georgia’s Dental Medicaid program received a 3% fee increase. The Georgia General Assembly approved this dental Medicaid fee increase during the 2019 legislative session as a result of the successful lobbying efforts of the GDA’s Government Affairs team. PROCEDURE CODE DESCRIPTION 2018 RATE NEW 2019 RATE D2330 Resin—One surface, anterior $71.41 $73.55 D2331 Resin—Two surfaces, anterior $91.08 $93.81 D2332 Resin—Three surfaces, anterior $110.74 $114.06 D2335 Resin—Four or more surfaces or involving incisal angle, anterior $131.44 $135.38 D2393 Primary Resin—Three surfaces, posterior $114.88 $118.33 D2393 Permanent Resin—Three surfaces, posterior $137.65 $141.78 D2394 Primary Resin—Four or more surfaces, posterior $126.37 $130.16 D2394 Permanent Resin—Four or more surfaces, posterior $151.42 $155.96 D2931 Prefabricated stainless steel crown—permanent tooth $162.49 $167.36 D3220 Therapeutic pulpotomy $90.04 $92.74 D7111 Extraction, coronal remnants $48.12 $49.56 D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone or sectioning of tooth $128.34 $132.19