Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 204 - Dental Services
Chapter 1 - General
Rule 23-204-1.8 - Radiographs
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-204-1.8
Current through September 24, 2024
A. The Division of Medicaid covers the following types of dental radiographs:
1.
Intraoral - complete series, including bitewings,
2. Intraoral - periapical,
3. Bitewings, and
4. Panoramic film.
B. The Division of Medicaid requires radiographs be of sufficient quality to be readable.
C. The Division of Medicaid covers an intraoral complete series radiograph or panorex only once every two (2) years per beneficiary per provider.
1. The Division
of Medicaid requires that two (2) years must have elapsed from the date the
previous intraoral complete series radiograph or panorex was given before the
same provider can be covered for the next intraoral complete series radiograph
or panorex.
2. The Division of
Medicaid requires an intraoral complete series radiograph to include fourteen
(14) to twenty-two (22) periapical and posterior bitewing images.
3. The Division of Medicaid does not cover
for both intraoral complete series radiograph and panorex on the same
day.
4. The Division of Medicaid
does not cover additional radiographs if an emergency extraction is performed
on the day that an intraoral complete series radiograph or panorex is
taken.
5. The Division of Medicaid
covers the following exceptions to this limit if one (1) of the following
conditions is documented:
a) Documented trauma
to head or mouth area,
b)
Orthodontic evaluation, or
c) Rule
out malignancy.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-121.
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