Add Activity Codes to Clinical Billing Widget

Path: Main Menu > Admin Tools Menu > System Setup (Supplemental) > Billing Configuration

Note: The steps were formerly taken in System Setup and this is the updated workflow.

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Users with access to System Setup (Supplemental) in NextStep Clinical can add new Activity Codes as options to select from in the Activity Code drop-down within the Billing widget. You can also mark the codes as being associated with Authorizations and you can create multiple code Authorization options.

Add New Choice to Activity Drop-down

  1. Navigate to Billing Configuration in NSS Clinical by following the path above.
  2. Click the expand button for the Activity field row.

  1. Click the Add New Choice button.
  2. In the Dropdown Choices section, a new line is displayed.

  1. In the Choice Text field, enter a description. This can be anything you want it to be (the actual code and/or text) and is what will be displayed in the Activity Code drop-down in the Billing widget.
  2. In the Choice Value field, enter the Act ID Code from the Billing Engine: Maintenance and Setup > Activity Codes > Activity Codes. See the Example below. If this does not match an Act ID Code from the Billing Engine, when converting Services to Line Items, you will get a Bill Status error of 145.

  1. (Optional) Select the Send To External Billing checkbox to have the code create a Service in the Billing Engine.

Note: If you have a code that is not billable but you would like to track and have it as an option in the Activity Code drop-down (such as No Show), do not select the Send To External Billing checkbox.

  1. Click the Save changes button.