Code

Procedure description

DM/+L

MP

TC

General Dental Practice

(054)

Maxillo-facial and Oral Surgery

(062)

Prosthodontics

(094)

OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURES

8909

Closure of oral -antral fistula - acute or chronic

S

2257.60

3386.23

-

8911

Caldwell -Luc procedure

S

885.72

1328.52

-

8917

Biopsies -intra -oral

M

S

467.86

701.76

-

lncisional/excisional (e.g. epulis). This procedure does not include the cost of the essential pathological evaluations.

8919

Biopsy of bone - needle

M

S

860.32

1290.41

-

8921

Biopsy - extra-oral bone/soft tissue

M

S

915.70

1373.49

-

8961

Auto-transplantation of tooth

+L

S

1936.28

2904.27

8965

Peripheral neurectomy

S

1936.28

2904.27

-

8966

Functional repair of oronasal fistula (local flaps)

S

2741.74

4112.40

-

8962

Harvest illiac crest graft

S

1952.14

2928.06

-

8963

Harvest rib graft

S

2245.90

3368.68

-

8964

Harvest cranium graft

S

1755.72

2633.45

-

8977

Surgical repair of maxilla or mandible - major

S

4603.26

6904.54

-

Major repairs of upper or lower jaw (i.e. by means of bone grafts or prosthesis, with jaw splintage) Modifiers 8005 and 8006 are not applicable in this instance. The full fee may be charged irrespective of whether this procedure is carried out concomitantly with procedure 8975 or as a separate procedure.

8979

Harvesting of autogenous grafts (intra -oral)

S

316.76

475.11

-

8998

Craniofacial transcutaneous endosseus implant

S

1114.30

1671.40

-

The placement of an implant through the skin into any part of the craniofacial skeleton; for anchorage of a facial prosthesis or hearing aids; or for purposes of post-cancer or post-traumatic reconstruction

8999

Craniofacial transmucosal endosseus implant

S

1114.30

1671.40

-

The transmucosal placement of an implant into any part of the craniofacial skeleton, excluding the alveolar processes, for anchorage of facial prosthesis; or for purposes of post-cancer or post-traumatic reconstruction.

8606

Placement of implant fixtures outside the oral cavity (e.g. for the retention of extraoral prostheses such as ears, noses, faces limbs and digits)

+M

M

S

1114.30

1671.40

-

9048

Removal of internal fixation devices, er site

S

1017.22

1525.75

-

9206

Surgical removal of reconstruction plate

S

628.70

943.20

-