Summary & Overview
CDT D2750: Crown — Porcelain Fused to High Noble Metal
Headline: CDT D2750: Porcelain-Fused-to-High-Noble-Metal Crown Gains Focus in Dental Coverage
Lead: CDT code D2750 represents the placement of a crown combining a high noble metal substructure with a porcelain exterior to restore tooth structure, function, and appearance. It is a common restorative dentistry service with implications for benefit design, coverage policy, and clinical decision-making across major national payers.
What the code represents and why it matters: CDT code D2750 identifies a specific restorative crown type used when strength and esthetics are both priorities. Nationally, crowns of this type factor into coverage determinations, patient cost-sharing, and provider billing workflows because they sit between all-metal and all-ceramic options in cost and clinical application.
Key payers covered: Aetna; Blue Cross Blue Shield; Cigna Health; UnitedHealthcare. These payers commonly include CDT code D2750 in dental and dental-related coverage policies, influencing prior authorization, allowable amounts, and benefit categorizations.
Overview of reader takeaways: This publication provides a clinical and billing profile of CDT code D2750, including typical use cases, common associated diagnoses, comparable related CDT codes, and modifier and coding considerations where applicable. Readers will find benchmark context for restorative crown services, common clinical indications, and references to adjacent procedures used in crown workflows. Data not available in the input is identified where applicable.
Billing Code Overview
CDT code D2750 denotes a crown — porcelain fused to high noble metal. This procedure involves fabricating and placing a fixed dental crown that combines a high noble metal substructure with a porcelain exterior to restore form, function, and esthetics of a damaged or decayed tooth.
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Service type: Dentistry
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Typical site of service: Dental Office (POS 11)
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A 52-year-old patient presents to the dental office for evaluation of a failing or extensively restored posterior tooth with a damaged or compromised existing restoration. Clinical examination and radiographs demonstrate remaining tooth structure insufficient for a direct restoration and recurrent caries or a history of endodontic therapy. After discussion of restorative options, the dentist elects to prepare the tooth and place a crown — porcelain fused to high noble metal (CDT code D2750). The clinical workflow includes: pre-operative assessment, diagnostic radiographs, caries removal and any necessary endodontic or periodontal treatment, tooth preparation and impression or digital scan, provisional crown placement, laboratory fabrication of the porcelain fused to high noble metal crown, and try-in/cementation at a subsequent appointment in the dental office (POS 11).
Coding Specifications
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Common Modifiers:
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22- Increased Procedural Services: used when the work required to complete the crown is substantially greater than typically required for CDT codeD2750due to complexity, limited access, or extensive tissue management. -
52- Reduced Services: used when the service for CDT codeD2750is partially reduced or not completed at the usual level, for example when a full crown procedure is performed in a limited manner. -
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