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On Observations sheet, the following data is set:
Observation Type = Universal Dental.
Observation Code = <tooth number(s)>.
Observation Value and Observation Value Type are left empty.
Teeth may be entered one per observation line or listed in one cell separated by a comma (,), a period (.) or a semicolon (; ).
Leading and trailing spaces must be are ignored while parsing.
In the example below, for each of three activities (with Activity ID = 1, 2, 3) there are going to be three dental observations in the generated Claim.Submission transaction.
Acceptable Formats (Shown in pairs of Claim Submission Excel sheet and associated XML output for upload)
Not Acceptable Formats (Shown in pairs of Claim Submission Excel sheet and associated error output)
Option 2 - Add dental codes to the activities sheet in your claims excel document.
On Activities sheet, an optional column - Tooth Numbers - is added.
Teeth may must be listed in one cell separated by a comma (,), a period (.) or a semicolon (; ) corresponding to the respective activity (Activity ID).
Leading and trailing spaces must be are ignored while parsing.
The example below shows the same observations on Activities sheet.
Acceptable Formats (Shown in pairs of Claim Submission Excel sheet and associated XML output for upload)
You may enter multiple tooth numbers for an activity separated by a comma (,), a period (.) or a semicolon (; ).
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Spaces in addition to the symbols between tooth numbers are allowed too. The spaces will automatically be discarded by the software while extracting tooth numbers.
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Not Acceptable Formats (Shown in pairs of Claim Submission Excel sheet and associated error output)
Should not duplicate activities, if you require to enter multiple tooth numbers, you may use space or symbols such as a comma (,), a period (.) or a semicolon (; ).
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Should not use any other symbol than what is allowed.
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The column name should match exactly as ‘Tooth Numbers’ else the column will be skipped completely. For instance, no tooth numbers will be extracted from the below sample.
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Note
If there are dental observations on both Activities and Observations sheets, the data is aggregated. Duplicated observations for the same activity are ignored.
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