SECTION 317:30-5-699. Restorations

(a)   Utilization parameters. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority utilization parameters allow only one permanent restorative service to be provided per tooth per 24 months. Additional restorations may be authorized upon approval of OHCA in cases of trauma. Teeth receiving a restoration are eligible within three months for consideration of single crown if endodontically treated. Providers must document type of isolation used in treatment progress notes. The provider is responsible for follow-up or any required replacement of a failed restoration, if the member is currently SoonerCare eligible.

(b)   Coverage for dental restorations. Restoration of incipient lesions is not considered medically necessary treatment. Any diagnosis not supported by images requires documentation of the medical need on which the diagnosis was made. Services for dental restorations are covered as follows:

(1)   If the mesial occlusal pit and the distal occlusal pit on an upper molar tooth are restored at the same appointment, this is a one surface restoration.

(2)   If any two separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a two surface restoration.

(3)   If any three separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a three surface restoration.

(4)   If the mesial, distal, facial and/or lingual of an upper anterior tooth is restored at the same appointment, this is a four surface restoration.

(5)   If any two separate surfaces on an anterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a two surface restoration.

(6)   If any three separate surfaces on an anterior tooth are restored at the same appointment, it is a three surface restoration.

(7)   An incisal angle restoration is defined as one of the angles formed by the junction of the incisal and the mesial or distal surface of an anterior tooth. If any of these surfaces are restored at the same appointment, even if separate, it is considered as a single incisal angle restoration.

(8)   When four or more separate surfaces on a posterior tooth are restored at the same appointment it is a four surface restoration.

(9)   Wide embrasure cavity preparations do not become extra surfaces unless at least one half of cusp or surface is involved in the restoration. An MODFL restoration would have to include the mesial-occlusal-distal surfaces as well as either the buccal groove pit or buccal surface or at least one half the surface of one of the buccal cusps. The same logic applies for the lingual surface.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 692, eff 12-31-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1429, eff 5-27-99; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2489, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 530, eff 2-1-09 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2121, eff 6-25-09; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1419, eff 6-25-11; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1177, eff 7-1-13; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 1670, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1088, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 826, eff 9-1-16]