Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine.

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  4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
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  6. Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Benefits
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  8. Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine.

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§ 410.24 Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine.

Medicare Part B pays for services furnished by a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine within the scope of his or her license, if the services would be covered as physicians' services when performed by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy.[1]

[51 FR 41339, Nov. 14, 1986, as amended at 56 FR 8852, Mar. 1, 1991]

Footnotes - 410.24

[1] For services furnished before July 1, 1981, Medicare Part B paid only for the following services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine;

Surgery on the jaw or any adjoining structure; and

Reduction of a fracture of the jaw or other facial bone.


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