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Background/History of the CDT
▪ CDT Has Existed Since 1969
▪ The ADA Holds the Intellectual Property Rights to the Code
▪ The Number of Codes Has Grown through the Years……Now over 750
Codes
▪ New/Revised Codes Each Year per the Code Maintenance Committee
▪ CDT Developed When Capture of Codes was Through the ADA Claim
Form…PAPER
▪ Helpful for Insurance Claims Adjudication
▪ There was No Such Thing as an Electronic Health Record in Dentistry
