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                I have a patient who's dental insurance denied the sinus augmentation due to it being medical in nature. I am trying to find the right diagnosis codes and medical codes for billing medical.. please help! | 
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                Hi Guest!
 
 D7951 - sinus augmentation with bone or bone substitutes via a lateral open approach
 D7952 - sinus augmentation via a vertical approach
 
 can be crosscoded to:
 21210 - graft, bone; nasal, maxillary, or malar areas
 *use -52 modifier for reduced services when bone is not obtained from the patient
 
 As for the ICD-10 (diagnosis) codes - it all depends on why the patient is receiving the services, in other words, what conditions/symptoms are these services treating?
 
 For example, some common diagnosis codes used for sinus augmentation are:
 
 K08.24 - Minimal atrophy of maxilla
 K08.25 - Moderate atrophy of the maxilla
 K08.26 - Severe atrophy of the maxilla
 
 Hope this helps!
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