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Amendments to Dental Services Regulations COMAR 10.09.05
Maryland Medicaid·MD · Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery·Dental
Effective date
Dec 1, 2001
We identified it
Jun 20, 2026
Summary
Maryland Medicaid is transitioning from existing Medicaid dental procedure codes to the universally accepted American Dental Association's Current Dental Terminology (CDT-3) codes for all dental services. This change brings Maryland into compliance with HIPAA requirements and standardizes billing procedures with national third-party carriers.
Action Required
By December 1, 2001: Dental providers must update billing systems to use ADA CDT-3 codes instead of existing Maryland Medicaid dental codes for all services to children under 21 and adults in the Rare and Expensive Case Management (REM) Program. Managed care organizations must also use CDT-3 codes for encounter data reporting. Update fee schedules to reference the Dental Services Fee Schedule Revision 2001.