Setting Up a New Contract Exception
- In File Maintenance, select Libraries > Contract.
The Contract List window opens.
- Select a library and select open menu button or right-click the selected library, and then select Contract Exceptions.
The Contract Exceptions List window opens.
- Select the open menu button , or right-click in the Description area of the window, and then select New.
The Contract Exception Maintenance window opens.
- In the Contract Exception Name field, enter a name for the Contract Exception that describes the group of exceptions.
Note: If you do not want this exception to display in the Contract Exceptions List window, select the Hide Exception option.
- To use this contract as the base contract, select the Use as Base Contract check box (instead of being used as an exception to the contract).
- Enter the Filter Criteria to control which CPT4 items display in the CPT4 list and the contract exception information. You can move from field to field by pressing the TAB key.
- Enter the contract exception information for each CPT4 item listed.
Note: To delete an entry by cell or by row, right-click on a cell or row, then select Clear Cell or Delete Row.
- Enter the next exception information for the next CPT4 item. If your library has:
- Fewer than 50 CPT4 items, then all the CPT4 codes automatically display in the gray area of the spreadsheet. You can then press the Tab key or arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the next CPT4 item to enter an exception for it.
- 50 or more CPT4 items, the items do not automatically display in that section. You must go back to the Type the first number(s) of the CPT4 item you want to locate field and enter the first few numbers of the next CPT4 item to enter an exception for it. The CPT4 item then displays in the spreadsheet area of the window.
- Continue this process until you enter all of your exceptions, then select OK.