Dental Insurance Coding Handbook for 2000

Stepping Stones to Success has released the Dental Insurance Coding Handbook?2000, a comprehensive reference manual written by Carol Tekavec, RDH, the monthly insurance columnist for Dental Economics. More than just a listing of codes, the handbook contains all of the new ADA codes and descriptions, plus details on insurance-industry payment guidelines and parameters, sections on writing narratives and including attachments, common terms, charting and documentation essentials, and more. It comes

Dec 1st, 1999

Stepping Stones to Success has released the Dental Insurance Coding Handbook?2000, a comprehensive reference manual written by Carol Tekavec, RDH, the monthly insurance columnist for Dental Economics. More than just a listing of codes, the handbook contains all of the new ADA codes and descriptions, plus details on insurance-industry payment guidelines and parameters, sections on writing narratives and including attachments, common terms, charting and documentation essentials, and more. It comes in a convenient binder format with section guides.

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