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NHS Scotland Code Updates Aug 2024
NHS Scotland Code Updates Aug 2024

In August 2024 NHS Scotland updated the information requirements of certain treatments, this will affect the codes needed for specific items

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Written by Amber Morris
Updated over a week ago

New NHS Scotland requirements

From August 2024 NHS Scotland requires us to transmit additional annotation and material codes for certain treatments.

To accommodate this, we have added additional treatment codes as replacements to the more generic versions of those treatments - allowing you to specify the annotation and material at the point of charting.

Read more about the NHS changes over on the NHS website here.


Get familiar with the new codes

Stainless Steel Crown and Provisional Crown/Bridge:

Replacement of generic D001 code:

  • D001SC - Stainless Steel Crown

  • D001TC - Temporary Crown

  • D001TR -Temporary Retainer

  • D001TP - Temporary Pontic

Crown Placement:

Replacement of generic D002 code:

  • D002M - Crown Placement - Metal

  • D002B - Crown Placement - Bonded

  • D002C - Crown Placement - Ceramic/Porcelain

  • D003 (Incomplete)

  • D004 (Balancing Fee)

Post and/or Core retention for crowns or bridges:

Replacement of generic D005 code:

  • D005PP - Pre-fabricated Post and/or Core retention for crowns or bridges

  • D005CP - Cast Post and/or Core retention for crowns or bridges

  • D005FP - Fibre Post and/or Core retention for crowns or bridges

  • D005OP - Other Post and/or Core retention for crowns or bridges

Inlay/Onlay Placement:

Replacement of generic D006 code:

D006M - Inlay/Onlay - Metal

D006C - Inlay/Onlay - Ceramic/Porcelain

D006R - Inlay/Onlay - Composite Resin

D007 (Incomplete)

D008 (Balancing Fee)

Replacement Veneer:

Replacement of generic D009 codes:

  • D009C - Replacement Veneer - Ceramic/Porcelain

  • D009R -Replacement Veneer - Resin

  • D010 (Incomplete)

  • D011 (Balancing Fee)

Conventional Bridge:

Replacement of generic D012 code:

  • D012RT - Conventional Bridge - Retainer

  • D012PO - Conventional Bridge - Pontic

  • D013 (Incomplete)

  • D014 (Balancing Fee)

Resin Retained Bridge:

Replacement of generic D015 code:

  • D015RT - Resin Retained Bridge - Retainer

  • D015PO - Resin Retained Bridge - Pontic

  • D016 (Incomplete)

  • D017 (Balancing Fee)

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