CDT 2025 Companion: Help Guide for the Dental Team

Now includes access to an eBook version of CDT Coding Companion with purchase! (access instructions printed on the inside front cover.)

Unravel the complexity of coding with the CDT 2025 Coding Companion: Training Guide for the Dental Team. The Companion is your ally when it comes to handling confusing situations and understanding this year’s code changes. Staff can use this resource to get a better understanding of the principles of coding with CDT and to ensure a smooth and comprehensive claim submission process.

This self-guided book answers more than 200 dental coding scenarios and over 270 coding questions, offering comprehensive step-by-step examples for coding various cases and treatments. The CDT Coding Companion is organized by category of service, and also provides tables with code changes and summaries of all substantive changes by code and category.

As a training guide and companion book to CDT 2025: Current Dental Terminology, the Companion covers subjects from many different perspectives to provide guidance for a wide range of common and uncommon scenarios your practice may face. Written by coding experts and vetted by the ADA, the Companion can be trusted as the definitive source of coding information.

The CDT 2025 Coding Companion has been updated for 2025 and includes:

• Descriptions and explanations of the code changes for 2025
• More than 200 coding scenarios
• Over 270 dental coding questions and answers
• Key definitions and concepts for each category of service
• Section on ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes and how they relate to dentistry
• Alphabetic and numeric indexes

CDT 2025 Coding Companion has the information you need to prevent coding errors and maximize reimbursement. It’s an essential tool for every dental office to be used as a training tool, a helpful refresher and an everyday resource. Includes access to the online e-book.

Four appendices feature:

• Introduction to Medical Claim Form Completion
• CDT Code to ICD-10 Code Cross-Walk (Diagnosis)
• ADA Guide to Dental Procedures Reported with Area of Oral Cavity on Tooth Anatomy (or both)
• CDT and ICD-10 Coding Recommendations for Smoking Cessation
• Understanding and Procedure Coding for Patients with Special Health Care Needs

CDT is a registered trademark of the American Dental Association.