Instructions
1. Date of the request: Date the request is being made.
Provider Information
2. Provider’s name: Enter the name of the provider who is requesting services.
3. Provider number: Enter either your Denti-Cal billing number (no group numbers) or NPI.
4. Address: Enter the requesting provider’s address.
5. Contact person: Enter the name of the person who can be contacted regarding the request; all authorizations should be addressed to
the contact person.
6. Contact telephone number: Enter the phone number of the contact person.
7. Contact fax number: Enter the fax number for the provider’s office or contact person.
8. Contact person’s email address Enter the email address of the contact person.
Client Information
9. Client name: Enter the client’s name—last, first, and middle.
10. Gender: Check the appropriate box.
11. Date of birth: Enter the client’s date of birth.
12. CCS case number: Enter the client’s CCS number. If not known, leave blank.
13. Home phone number: Enter the home phone number where the client or client’s legal guardian can be reached.
14. Cell phone number: Enter the cellular phone number where the client or client’s legal guardian can be reached.
15. Work phone number: Enter the work phone number where the client or client’s legal guardian can be reached.
16. Email address: Enter the email address for the client or client’s legal guardian.
17. Residence address: Enter the address of the client. Do not use a P.O. Box number.
18. Mailing address: Enter the mailing address if it is different than number 17.
19. County of residence: Enter residential county of the client.
20. Language spoken: Enter the client’s language spoken.
21. Name of parent/legal guardian: Enter the name of client’s parent/legal guardian.
22. Mother’s first and last name: Enter the client’s mother’s name.
23. Primary care physician: Enter the client’s primary care physician’s name. If it is not known, enter NK (not known).
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24. Primary care physician telephone number: Enter the client’s primary care physician phone number.
Insurance Information
25. a. Is child enrolled in Medi-Cal? Mark the appropriate box. If answer is yes, do not send SAR to CCS, send TAR directly to Denti-Cal.
b. If the answer is no, enter the Client Index Number (CIN).
26. Is child enrolled in a commercial dental insurance plan? Mark the appropriate box. If the answer is yes, enter the name of the
commercial dental insurance plan.
Requested Services
27. a. CCS established client: Check if requesting approval for an established CCS client. Write diagnosis or ICD-10 code.
b. CCS Orthodontics: Check if requesting approval for orthodontic services. (Check a. and b. if both apply.)
c. Service Code Group (SCG): Check if covered by CCS SCG and enter SCG number in column 25. (Check a., b., & c. if all apply.)
SCGs can be found in the Denti-Cal Provider Handbook at http://www.denti-cal.ca.gov/provsrvcs/manuals/handbook2/handbook.pdf.
Go to Section 9 Special Programs and scroll to SCGs.
28. Procedure Codes/Service Code Groups: Use the appropriate Denti-Cal American Dental Association’s (ADA) Current Dental
Terminology (CDT) codes for each service, and/or use CCS Service Code Group(s) (SCG). The CDT codes are found in Section 5 of
the Denti-Cal Provider Handbook: http://www.denti-cal.ca.gov/provsrvcs/manuals/handbook2/handbook.pdf and the SCG are found in
Section 9 of the Handbook, at http://www.denti-cal.ca.gov/provsrvcs/manuals/handbook2/handbook.pdf. Do not duplicate individual
procedure codes included in a SCG. Note: Denti-Cal does not use the latest CDT codes.
29. Tooth number or letter; arch; quadrant: Enter the universal tooth code numbers 1 thru 32 or letters A thru T for tooth reference. Use
applicable arch codes U (upper), L (lower). Use quadrant codes UR (upper right), UL (upper left), LR (lower right), and LL (lower left).
30. Description of service: Furnish a brief description for each service. Standard abbreviations are acceptable.
31. Quantity: For the procedures having multiple occurrences, indicate the number of occurrences of the procedure, e.g., multiple
radiographs (procedure D0230); number of additional units for general anesthesia (procedure D9221).
32. Fee: Enter your usual and customary fee for the procedure rather than the Denti-Cal Schedule of Maximum Allowances fee.
33. Enter total fee to be charged.
34. Check yes or no box if this is a CCS Supplemental Services Request.
35. Check yes or no box if there is other documentation attached.
36. Comments. Enter any additional comments.
Signature
37. Signature of dental provider: Form must be signed by the dentist, orthodontist, or authorized representative.
38. Date: Enter the date the request is signed.