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Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)Scale of FeesAnnual Increase in Medical Tariffs for Medical Service Providers - 2023Dental Care Gazette 2023Dental Services Tariff of Fees as from 1 April 2023 (Practice Type 54, 62 & 94)I. General Dental PractitionersL. Adjunctive General Services |
Code |
Procedure description |
DM/+L |
MP |
TC |
General Dental Practice (054) |
Maxillo-facial and Oral Surgery (062) |
Prosthodontics (094) |
J. ADJUNCTIVE GENERAL SERVICES |
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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES |
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8131 |
Palliative [emergency] treatment for dental pain. This is typically reported on a "per visit" basis for emergency treatment of dental pain where no other treatment item is applicable or applied for treatment of the same tooth |
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T |
B |
198.24 |
198.24 |
297.37 |
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This tariff code is intended to be used for emergency treatment to alleviate dental pain but is not curative -report per visit. This tariff code should not be used when more adequately described procedures exists and may not be reported with other procedure tariff codes (diagnostic procedures and professional visits excluded). |
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ANAESTHESIA |
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8141 |
Inhalation sedation - first 15 minutes or part thereof |
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B |
175.65 |
175.65 |
175.65 |
8143 |
Inhalation sedation - each additional 15 minutes |
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B |
94.98 |
94.98 |
94.98 |
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No additional fee/benefit to be charged for gases used in the case of tariff codes 8141 and 8143. |
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8144 |
Intravenous sedation |
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B |
92.36 |
92.36 |
92.36 |
8145 |
Local anaesthetic, per visit. Tariff code 8145 includes the use of the wand |
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B |
43.37 |
43.37 |
43.37 |
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Use for infiltrative anaesthesia (anaesthetic agent is infiltrated directly into the surgical site by means of an injection). Excludes topical anaesthesia (anaesthetic agent is applied topically to the mucosa/skin). Report per visit. Comment: The fee for topical anaesthesia are considered to be part of, and included in the fee for the local anaesthesia (injection). Tariff code 8145 includes the use of the Wand. |
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8471 |
Procedural sedationor General anaesthesia- Assessment |
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B |
350.80 |
- |
- |
8472 |
Procedural sedation- first 30 minutes |
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B |
247.40 |
- |
- |
8473 |
Procedural sedation- each additional 15 minutes or part thereof |
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B |
63.80 |
- |
- |
8474 |
Procedure room for Sedation |
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1458.30 |
1458.30 |
- |
8499 |
General anaesthetic |
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B |
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The relevant codes published in the Government Gazette for Medical Practitioners shall apply to general anaesthetics for dental procedures |
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8895 |
Examination under general anaesthesia |
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M |
B |
307.40 |
- |
- |
PROFESSIONAL VISITS |
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8129 |
Office/hospital visit - after regularly scheduled hours |
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B |
479.54 |
- |
- |
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Includes visits to nursing homes, long-term care facilities, hospice sites, institutions, etc. Report in addition to appropriate code numbers for actual services rendered. After regularly scheduled hours is defined as weekends and night visits between 18h00 and 07h00 the following day. Limitation: tariff code 8129 may only be reported for emergency treatment rendered outside normal working hours. Not applicable where a practice offers an extended hours service as the norm. |
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8140 |
House/extended care facility/hospital call |
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B |
305.92 |
- |
- |
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Includes visits to nursing homes, long-term care facilities, hospice sites, institutions. etc. Report per visit in addition to reporting appropriate tariff code numbers for actual services performed. Limitation: The fee/benefit for house/extended care facility/hospital calls are limited to five calls per treatment plan |
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Drugs, medication and materials |
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8183 |
Intra-muscular or sub-cutaneous injection therapy, per injection (Not applicable to local anaesthetic) |
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B |
82.68 |
- |
- |
8220 |
Use of suture material provided by practitioner |
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B |
Rule 013 |
Rule 013 |
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8109 |
Infection control, per dentist, per hygienist, per dental assistant, per visit tariff code 8109 includes the provision by the dentist of new rubber gloves, masks, etc. for each patient |
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29.24 |
29.24 |
29.24 |
8110 |
Provision of sterilized and wrapped instrumentation in consulting rooms. The use of this tariff code is limited to heat, autoclave or vapour sterilised and wrapped instruments |
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82.49 |
82.49 |
82.49 |
8304 |
Rubber dam, per arch (Refer to the guidelines for the application of a rubber dam in the preamble to the category D "Endodontics") |
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145.61 |
- |
145.61 |
8306 |
Cost of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate |
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B |
Rule 013 |
- |
Rule 013 |