D5912 — Facial moulage (complete)
D5912 takes a mould of the whole face rather than of one region.
This code belongs to a set of 13 covering facial and ocular prosthesis. The clinical detail lives in the facial and ocular prosthesis guide; the code-level detail is here.
What follows: the specifics built into the number, the money, the benefit treatment, and the line separating it from the codes it is easiest to confuse it with.
Told apart from the codes it is confused with
D5911 — Facial moulage (sectional): It is the same procedure with one word changed: sectional rather than complete.
D5913 — Nasal prosthesis: It is the prosthetic nose made for a patient who has lost theirs to surgery or injury.
D5915 — Orbital prosthesis: It is the prosthesis that fills an orbital defect, the eye socket and the tissue around it, after the eye and its surroundings have been removed.
D5916 — Ocular prosthesis: It is the artificial eye itself, fitted where the socket and the lids are still intact.
D5912 sits in a group of 13 codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. A plan reads these codes as definitions, not as descriptions. If the notes for the visit do not match D5912 exactly, the claim is assessed as whichever of these the notes do match.
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 D5912
What is D5912 on my dental bill?
D5912 records facial moulage, complete — one of the maxillofacial prosthetics codes.
Is D5912 expensive?
Plan for $1,500–$6,000 as the full fee. Two practices a few miles apart can sit at opposite ends of that range for the same work.
Is D5912 a covered benefit?
Most plans include it under medical / maxillofacial benefits, variable. A pre-treatment estimate is the only way to know your own number in advance.
What is the difference between D5912 and D5911?
D5911 is facial moulage, sectional: it is the same procedure with one word changed: sectional rather than complete. The rest of the procedure is the same, which is why the two get substituted for one another on estimates.
Also known as: facial prosthesis, ocular prosthesis, nasal prosthesis, anaplastology, maxillofacial rehabilitation.