D9215 — Local anesthesia with a procedure
D9215 is the local anaesthetic injection given with a procedure, normally included in that procedure's fee rather than billed separately.
One of eight anaesthesia and sedation codes. If you are trying to understand the treatment, start with the anaesthesia and sedation guide; if you are trying to understand this line on your estimate, you are in the right place.
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.
D9215 against the codes beside it
D9219 — Evaluation for sedation/general anesthesia: It is the assessment appointment that decides whether a patient can safely be sedated or anaesthetised.
D9222 — Deep sedation / general anesthesia, first 15 min: It covers the first fifteen minutes of deep sedation or general anaesthesia.
D9223 — Deep sedation / general anesthesia (per 15 min): It covers each further fifteen minutes of deep sedation or general anaesthesia after the first.
D9230 — Nitrous oxide (laughing gas): It is nitrous oxide, the inhaled gas that takes the edge off anxiety without putting the patient under.
D9215 sits in a group of eight codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. The distinction is clinical, not administrative: each of these describes work that was genuinely done differently, and the fee follows the work.
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 D9215
D9215 — what is it?
D9215 is shorthand for local anesthesia with a procedure — the same five characters every practice and every insurer in the country uses for it.
How much does D9215 cost?
Expect $0–$60. Ask for the number in writing, because the code carries no fee of its own and every practice sets its own.
Does dental insurance cover D9215?
Plans generally pay it as adjunctive treatment, 0–80%, subject to whatever is left of your maximum for the year.
Also known as: dental sedation, laughing gas, nitrous oxide, IV sedation, general anaesthesia, dental anxiety.