Code Maintenance Committee (CMC)

Report(s) of CMC decisions on all action requests submitted for consideration during the most recent annual CDT Code maintenance cycle may be downloaded by any member of the dental community, or the public at large.

March 2020 CMC Meeting Summary – Actions for CDT 2021

This report summarizes, in inventory number order, both Editorial Actions (corrections to grammatical and format errors in existing entries that do not affect purpose or scope) and Substantive Actions (requests for new codes, deletions of existing codes, and significant revisions to existing CDT Code entries).

• Download the 2020 CMC Meeting Summary (PDF)

 Detailed information about each action request listed in the Meeting Summary report is in the following files, whose content served as the CMC meeting’s agenda items. 

• Download the Editorial CDT Code Action Requests (PDF)

• Download the Substantive CDT Code Action Requests (PDF)

April 2020 Special CMC Meeting Summary – Additional Actions for CDT 2021 

The CMC operating protocols enable the committee to convene by conference call when an urgent matter is identified for discussion by all member organizations.  On April 14, 2020 the committee convened to address CDT Code actions prompted by the COVID-19 national public health emergency.  The urgent matter addressed a means to document in-office patient testing procedures.

• Download the April 2020 Special CMC Meeting Summary (PDF)

Detailed information about the action request listed in the Meeting Summary report is in the following file, whose content served as the meeting’s agenda.

• Download the Substantive CDT Code Action Request (PDF) 

Please direct requests for additional information concerning this and prior meeting activity to the CMC Secretariat via email (dentalcode@ada.org) or surface mail (American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611).

The next annual open CMC meeting is on March 11-12, 2021 (Thursday-Friday) will convene virtually using “Zoom®” technology.  Virtual meeting connection information and Observer protocol will be posted on this web page during the week of March 1-5, 2021. 

Any interested party (i.e. Observer) may submit written comments on any of the editorial or substantive action requests listed in the PDFs on this web page. Written comments must be: a) addressed to the CMC Secretariat; b) transmitted via email to dentalcode@ada.org; and c) be received by Friday, February 26, 2021.

Note: Comments must begin with the following information: a) Commenter’s name and organizational affiliation; b) Inventory # of the request being commented upon; and c) Commenter’s position (for / against / undecided) on the request being addressed.

All comments received by February 26, 2021 will be compiled by the CMC Secretariat and forwarded to CMC member organization representatives.  Observers who wish to participate in the virtual meeting will have the ability to offer verbal comments during the time periods announced by the CMC Chair.

CDT Code substantive and editorial action requests on the committee’s agenda for possible inclusion in CDT 2022, which is effective January 1st, are in the two attached PDF’s available for review or download.

Substantive Action Inventory containing requests for CDT Code additions, as well as deletions of or significant revisions to existing CDT Code entries.

• 2021 CMC Meeting Substantive Action Inventory
  
  

Editorial Action Inventory containing requests to correct grammatical and format errors in existing CDT Code entries that do not affect their purpose or scope.

• 2021 CMC Meeting Editorial Action Inventory

• CMC Committee Protocol