Type of Service Maintenance

Use Type of Service Maintenance to maintain information about Type of Service Codes.  You can use Type of Service Codes to group procedures together based on the type of care or service the procedure provides.  For example, Medicare usually assigns Type of Service Code 01 as General Medical Care.  During Procedure Maintenance Procedures Codes that are classified as General Medical Care are assigned Type of Service Code 01.  Insurance companies frequently determine what the Type of Service Codes should be.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

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• Opening Type of Service Maintenance, click More.

   

  • Click File Maintenance from the Menu Bar, click Standard Maintenance and then click Type of Service.

  • Or, create a Programmable Function Key to use as the keyboard shortcut.

   

• Creating a new Type of Service, click More.

   

  Enter the new Type of Service Code and click Retrieve or press [ENTER].

  Tip:  To indicate that you are building a new Type of Service, displays near the Type of Service Code.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.

  Type of Service Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for that field name.
  Type of Service Code	Enter the code assigned to this Type of Service.  Type of Service Codes are user-defined. (2.0 numeric) Tip:  When creating the Type of Service Code you may find it handy to use the same code as the Type of Service Print Code for a Form Type that you frequently use. Example:  If Medicare's Type of Service Print Code for General Medical Care is 01, you may find it helpful to create a Type of Service Code of 01 for General Medical Care.
  	To update the new or changed information click Save or press [ENTER] if the button is in focus. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION:  If you forget to click Save, you may lose your changes.
  	You can use Search to view all of the existing Type of Service Codes.  From the Search list you can select the Type of Service to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Type of Service, enter the Type of Service Code and click Retrieve or press [ENTER] if the button is in focus. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Private Statement	Enter the Type of Service Code to print on patients' private statements when they receive this type of service. (up to 4 characters, user-defined) Tip:  If you do print the Type of Service Codes on private statements, you may find it helpful to assign the same Private Statement Type of Service Code as Medicare's Type of Service Code.
  NOTE:  Because you can tailor the labels of the nine Form Type fields, the field labels in your software may not match the field names listed.
  Form Type 1 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters) Tip:  To quickly enter the same Type of Service Print Code for each successive Form Type if applicable, use the copy and paste commands. Keyboard shortcuts:  [CTRL + c] = copy and [CTRL + v] = paste
  Form Type 2 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 3 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 4 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 5 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 6 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 7 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 8 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Form Type 9 Type of Service Print Code	Enter the specific Type of Service Code to print for this Form Type.  The Type of Service Print Code will print on the appropriate claim form. (up to 4 characters)
  Non-Autobill Form #s	Enter the number of each Form Type that should not be billed electronically for this Type of Service.  Enter the Form Type numbers without spaces or commas between them. (9.0)

• Editing an existing Type of Service, click More.

   CAUTION!  If you forget to click Save, you may lose your changes.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Type of Service Code and click Retrieve or press [ENTER]
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Type of Service Code, you can click Search to see a list of Types of Service.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save or press [ENTER] if the button is in focus.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

• Deleting a Type of Service, click More.

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Type of Service Code and click Retrieve or press [ENTER] if the button is in focus.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Type of Service Code, you can click Search to see a list of Types of Service.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and then click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click the Proceed button to delete the record
  or, click the Cancel button to escape from the delete routine.
  
  Example:
  
  
  
  Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.