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Associate a Billing Code to a Procedure

In the Procedure Billing panel, you can associate a billing code and service category with procedures your practice performs. The grid includes procedures configured in the Procedure Config practice template.

In run time, the configured billing code for a procedure forms the default procedure codes for the procedure.
  1. On the Dx Groups Reference Systems practice template, navigate to the Procedure Billing Panel panel.
  2. Select a procedure record from the grid.
    The selected procedure data appears in the corresponding fields above the grid.
  3. Click Procedure description to open the procedure code search window.
  4. Search for and select the desired procedure description.
    The selected procedure description associated with the code appears in the Procedure description and Code fields respectively.
  5. Click Service Category to select a service category from the list.
    The Service category and the associated short description are created in File Maintenance > Master Files - System > Service Categories.
    The Short description field fills the short description associated with the service category.
  6. Click Update.
    The procedure billing code is updated in the grid.