[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR410.24]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
                          & MEDICAID SERVICES,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 410_SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Medical and Other Health Services
 
Sec. 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\
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    \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.

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

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