Marshfield Enhanced Charting and Code Acquisition (MECCA) Terminology for Dental Procedures
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The terminology was modeled in a hierarchical format to show the relationships between the terms, attributes and values. The terminology consists of 54 terms, 78 attributes and 258 values. Depending on the combination of the information selected by the dentists, the appropriate CDT code will be mapped and a charge will be generated for the appropriate dental procedure as denoted by the term-attribute-value triplet. For example, a post-coordinated representation of the procedure dental amalgam with one surface on a primary tooth will be linked to the CDT code D2140. Objective
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