D3460 — Endodontic endosseous implant
D3460 is the endodontic implant, a post passed through the root into the bone beneath to stabilise a tooth — a historic procedure.
This is one of eleven closely related root resection and related procedures codes. The treatment is explained in full in the root resection and related procedures guide — this page is about what makes this particular code different.
What follows is the detail behind the number: the conditions the code sets, its typical fee, its usual benefit treatment, and a code-by-code comparison with its closest neighbours.
Not to be confused with
D3450 — Root amputation — per root: It cuts one root off a multi-rooted tooth and leaves the rest of the tooth in place, billed per root.
D3470 — Intentional reimplantation: It takes the tooth out deliberately, treats it outside the mouth, and puts it back into its socket.
D3471 — Surgical repair of root resorption — anterior: It surgically repairs resorption eating into the root of a front tooth.
D3472 — Surgical repair of root resorption — premolar: It is that same root-resorption repair on a premolar.
D3460 sits in a group of eleven codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. These distinctions exist because they change what was actually done. A claim for D3460 when the record describes one of the others is not a technicality — it is the difference between a paid claim and a returned one.
Every code in this group
These codes describe the same broad procedure and differ in one respect each. Each has its own page with its own fee range and coverage notes.
Questions about D3460
What procedure is D3460?
D3460 records endodontic endosseous implant — one of the endodontics codes.
Is D3460 expensive?
$900–$2,200 is the realistic range before benefits. Your own share depends on your plan's percentage, deductible and remaining annual maximum.
Is D3460 a covered benefit?
Plans generally pay it as major / surgical treatment, variable, subject to whatever is left of your maximum for the year.
What is the difference between D3460 and D3450?
D3450 is root amputation, per root: it cuts one root off a multi-rooted tooth and leaves the rest of the tooth in place, billed per root. Because they describe different work, D3460 and D3450 can legitimately appear on the same treatment plan — they are not alternatives to choose between.
Also known as: root amputation, hemisection, decoronation, root resorption, intentional reimplantation.