CDT Procedure Codes & Dental Fee Schedules
One searchable code catalog, per-carrier fee schedules, and instant layman descriptions for patient conversations.
Every transaction in a dental practice starts with a procedure code. DentoD maintains a searchable ADA/CDT code catalog with both the official code description and a plain-English layman term so clinicians can find what they need quickly and patients can understand what they are being charged for. Fee schedules let you record your office UCR fee alongside the PPO allowed amount for each carrier, so the correct fee is applied at charting, treatment planning, and billing automatically. Bulk fee update tools mean you can adjust an entire carrier schedule or raise your UCR fees across the board without editing codes one by one.
Why It Matters
Find Any Code Instantly
Search by CDT code number, official description, or plain-English layman term. Whether a clinician types D2750 or "crown" they find the same item, reducing mis-coding and saving time at the chair.
Per-Carrier Fee Schedules
Record a UCR fee and one or more PPO allowed amounts for each code. When a procedure is charted for a patient with a specific insurance carrier, the correct fee applies automatically without manual lookup.
Bulk Fee Updates
When a carrier updates its fee schedule, or you decide to raise UCR fees across the board, bulk update tools let you apply a percentage or flat adjustment to a filtered set of codes in one step rather than editing each entry individually.
Consistent Codes From Charting to Billing
Because the same code catalog drives charting, treatment planning, and billing, there is no translation step and no risk of a code changing meaning as the procedure moves through the workflow.
What You Get
- ✓Full ADA/CDT code catalog with official description and plain-English layman term
- ✓Searchable by code number, official description, or layman term
- ✓Per-code UCR fee and per-carrier PPO allowed amount
- ✓Automatic fee selection based on patient insurance carrier at charting and billing
- ✓Bulk fee update: percentage or flat adjustment across a filtered code set
- ✓Contractual write-off calculation from UCR and allowed amount
- ✓Code-level linkage to tooth positions and surface notation where applicable
- ✓Code catalog drives charting, treatment planning, claim creation, and invoicing consistently
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The code catalog is built on the ADA Current Dental Terminology (CDT) code set, which is the standard used for dental charting, treatment planning, insurance claim submission, and billing across the United States.
Yes. Each CDT code can carry your office UCR fee alongside the PPO allowed amount for each carrier you accept. When a procedure is charted or billed for a patient with a specific carrier, the correct allowed amount is used automatically.
Use the bulk fee update tool. Filter to the carrier and code range affected, enter the new allowed amounts or apply a percentage change, and save. All affected codes update in one step without manual editing.
Layman terms are plain-English descriptions of each procedure code, such as "crown" for D2750 or "cleaning" for prophylaxis codes. They appear in patient-facing documents like treatment plans and invoices so patients understand what they are being charged for without needing to decode CDT descriptions.
Yes. The CDT code, fee, and description set in the catalog are the single source of truth across the entire workflow. The same code that is recorded on the chart appears on the treatment plan, flows into the insurance claim, and shows on the invoice, so there is no risk of a mismatch.