Summer is a good time for child wellness visits, including dental checkups.
When seeing your pediatric patients, talk to their families about the link between oral and overall health, and encourage routine dental visits beginning as early as age one, or first tooth eruption.
You can conduct or schedule well-care visits when patients come to your offices for illnesses or other events. The claim modifier for separate and distinct services should be added. Telehealth can be used for Well Child Visit compliance, but be sure to submit the appropriate CPT with GT modifier.
No referral is required to see a dental provider.
This is a first-year quality measure and is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics “Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents” (published by the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health).
Visit the Bright Futures website for more information about well-child visits.
