Service Categories

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Diagnosis Categories

The Diagnosis Categories master file enables you to group diagnosis codes into a category that you define. The categories provide flexibility by allowing: Administrators to restrict which practices have access to the diagnosis categories. Administrators to specify that a diagnosis category is only for use by NextGen® Enterprise EHR, NextGen® Enterprise PM, or both. Administrators to associate a provider with one or more diagnosis categories in the Categories tab of the Providers master file. Users to generate reports based on a pre-defined list of diagnosis codes. Diagnosis Categories Search Assign Access to Practices for Diagnosis Categories Parent topic: Master Files - System

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Add a Service Category

To add a service category, perform the following steps: From Master File > Service Categories, select Open Menu and select New. The Add Service Category Information window appears. Enter a name for the new Category. Enter a description up to four characters for Short Description. You can Hide a service category. Select Hide to not display this service category. Note: All service categories are listed when Service Categories is selected from Master Files. Selecting a service category will display a list of SIMs associated with the category on a practice-specific level. So, when any existing service category is opened, it displays SIMs available for the logged in practice only. When adding new SIMs, only practice-specific SIMs are allowed to be added. Parent topic: Service Categories

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Copy a Service Category

To copy a service category, perform the following steps: Access Master File > System > Service Categories. Select a service category form the list and select Open Menu or right-click the service category. Select Copy. The Copy Master File window appears. The Please enter the Category Name and Please enter the Shore Description fields are required. Note: Use a different name and short description from the service category you are copying. Select OK. The Service Categories List window appears and you can verify the copy you created is listed. Note: When a service category is copied, SIM codes only display in the practice where they were created. For other practices, this new or copied service category will have no SIM codes created by default since SIM codes are practice-specific. Parent topic: Service Categories

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Providers Categories Tab

The Categories tab allows you to select the service, diagnosis, and modifier categories to assign with the provider. Field Description Service/ Diagnosis/ Modifier Select the category type you want to assign. Available Categories Lists the items in the category you selected. These are items that have been set up in the following master files: Service Categories, Diagnosis Categories, and Modifier Categories. Assigned Categories Lists the items in the category you selected. Category Details Displays the key and description for the item in the selected category. To view the details of a category; right-click an item in the Available Categories list, then select Details. Parent topic: Providers Master File

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Manage Service Categories

In File Maintenance, you can add or remove the service items within a service category used for standing orders. Open the File Maintenance. In Master Files, click EHR under System. From EHR Master Files - System, click Service Categories. The Service Categories List window opens. In Service Categories List Search field, type the first few letters of the service category name. For detailed information about the naming conventions of service categories, see the Double-click the desired category in the search window to display the Modify Service Category Information window with a list of service items available in the service category. The Key column displays the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes associated with the service category. The Service column lists the full description for the procedures. If a code appears twice in the list, then one code is in the default Service Item library of the current practice while the other is in a different library. A check mark in a row indic

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Modify a Service Category

To modify a service category, perform the following steps: From Master File > Service Categories, select Open Menu and select a service category. You can right-click to open the service category. The Modify Service Category Information window appears. Field Description Category Enter a description for the service category. Short Description Enter a description, up to four characters, for the service category. Key/ Service Displays the CPT4 Codes associated with the service category. It lists the standard numeric abbreviation and the full description for the procedures. If a code appears twice in the list, then one code is in the default Service Item library of the current practice while the other is in a different library. A check mark in a row indicates that the code resides in the default library. You can remove codes with check marks from the category. You cannot remove codes without check marks unless the matching code in the current library is removed. To modify the CPT4 Codes ass

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