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Connection

Demo: fictional cases, no PMS connected.

People

CDCP rules

Rule pack

cdcp-preauth-crowns, version 2026.01.26

Payer

CDCP, ON GPSP grid 2026

In effect from

Apr 1, 2026

Checked against sources

Sep 17, 2026

CDCP rule updates · Past outcomes

Sources

• CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26)
• CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01)
• CDCP Dental Benefit Grid — Ontario, General Practitioners and Specialists, 2026
• Health Canada factsheet on CDCP Guide and Grids updates, April 2026

The 14 crown requirements

• Claim form (CDA/CLHIA standard, or computer-generated treatment form)

  Matrix Restorative services — Claim form: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Claim form: Yes Open the source document
• Treatment plan details — all relevant completed and pending treatment

  Matrix Restorative services — Tx plan: Yes (footnote 1) CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Tx plan: Yes (footnote 1) Treatment plan details indicating all relevant completed and pending treatment needs ... Does not need to be a stand-alone document labelled 'treatment plan' so long as the information is included in the documentation submitted. Open the source document
• Dated periapical radiograph of the requested tooth, within 12 months

  Matrix Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes Also: CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01), 6.1.2 Radiograph standards: Intraoral radiographs are considered 'current' for preauthorization purposes if dated within the last 12 months of the preauthorization submission. Open the source document
• Dated bitewing radiographs, right and left, within 12 months

  Matrix Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — PA+BW (R&L) <=12mo: Yes Open the source document
• Dated complete periodontal chart, within 12 months

  Matrix Restorative services — Complete perio chart <=12mo: Yes, crowns only (footnote 7) CDCP supporting documentation requirements for preauthorization submissions (updated 2026-01-26) Restorative services — Complete perio chart <=12mo: Yes, crowns only (footnote 7) If a complete perio chart is not available, a dated PSR for each sextant plus 6-site periodontal measurements for each tooth requested, within last 12 months, will be considered. Open the source document
• Client is 18 or older

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns preauth, 18+ Open the source document
• Requested tooth is an incisor, canine, premolar, first or second molar (third molars by exception)

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — tooth eligibility CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — tooth eligibility incisors, canines, bicuspids, 1st and 2nd molars; third molars only where 1st and 2nd are missing and the 3rd is in occlusion with a prosthetic or natural molar Open the source document
• No CDCP crown on this tooth within the previous 96 months

  Grid Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns CDCP Dental Benefit Grid — Ontario, General Practitioners and Specialists, 2026 Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns 1/96mo/tooth Open the source document
• Fewer than 4 crowns for this client within the previous 120 months

  Grid Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns CDCP Dental Benefit Grid — Ontario, General Practitioners and Specialists, 2026 Schedule B — 2.0 Restoration, crowns 4/120mo/client Open the source document
• All basic treatment for active caries and periodontal disease completed

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns All basic treatment addressing any existing active biological disease (caries and periodontal) must be completed before submitting requests for crowns. Open the source document
• Restorability criteria confirmed by the treating dentist

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — restorability CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — restorability Open the source document
• Tooth meets the "extensively restored" definition

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns — extensively restored CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns — extensively restored Open the source document
• Endodontically treated tooth has healed

  Guide 6.3.5 Crowns CDCP Dental Benefits Guide (effective 2026-04-01) 6.3.5 Crowns An endodontically treated tooth must have healed before requesting a crown. Open the source document
• Laboratory fee codes are valid for the 2026 date of service

  Factsheet Lab fee codes replaced, Apr 1 2026 Health Canada factsheet on CDCP Guide and Grids updates, April 2026 Lab fee codes replaced, Apr 1 2026 99222, 99333 -> 99112, 99113 Open the source document

Demo data

Run make reset to put every case back where it started: the demo's ABELDent rows are re-seeded and every answer, signature, decision and audit line is cleared.