[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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]