42 CFR § 410.24 - Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s410.24"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 410.24 - Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "410.24"
section_name: "Limitations on services of a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "410"
part_name: "SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE (SMI) BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395m, 1395hh, 1395rr, and 1395ddd."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 41339, Nov. 14, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "410"
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# 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.
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<sup>1</sup> 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]