Status Code Essentials

With an active status code, there is full treatment, phase one treatment, and phase two treatment in either braces or aligners. A pending status code is someone who you’ve already presented treatment to and are eligible to begin treatment but are either waiting for dental work or waiting to commit to treatment. The growth and development status code is to indicate that the patient is still growing until they are treatment ready. A retention status code consists of phase one retention patients that have completed their first phase of treatment, meaning they have future treatment for phase two before completing their comprehensive treatment plan; or full retention, meaning they finished a complete treatment and are in retention for one to two years before being placed in an inactive status code. An inactive status code means the patient finished their treatment and follow-ups, or they decided to not move forward with treatment at all.

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