This endpoint is in beta and as such all content below is subject to change.
Overview
Adjustment types describe modifications made to a patient's ledger. Health record systems come with standard types such as insurance write offs, late fees, or employee discounts. Practices can create custom adjustment types to match their specific needs.
Adjustment types are further categorized by their action, the way that the adjustment types interact with the patient’s ledger.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
debit | Increases the patient’s balance |
credit | Decreases the patient’s balance |
unknown | Indicates that the health record system does not support debit/credit or it could not be accurately determined. |
Use Cases
Adjustment types are required for writing adjustments into a third party EHR. Please note that the NexHealth API only reads adjustment types and does not support the creation of adjustment types at this time. As such, new customized adjustment types must be created directly in the EHR via the instructions included in the EHR specific sections below.
Supported Health Record Systems
Dentrix
Viewing and editing adjustment types
https://blog.dentrix.com/blog/2020/06/23/customize-more-adjustment-types-in-dentrix-g7-3/
Dentrix Enterprise
Dentrix Enterprise calls adjustment types that increment the patient’s ledger “charge adjustments”. These are synonymous with what we call “debit adjustments”.
Creating and editing adjustment types
https://blog.dentrixenterprise.com/old-payment-and-adjustment-types-if-you-arent-using-it-delete-it/
Eaglesoft
NexHealth does not read or write the “Impact on Productivity” field on adjustment types. Assuming you want to create custom adjustment types, you’ll need to work with the office to understand how they want adjustments written with these types to affect their reporting. For more information see the official Eaglesoft documentation.