CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 410—SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS > SUBPART B—Medical and Other Health Services (§410.10 to §410.78) > 410.24—Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine.

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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Footnote(s): 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]