How to Add the Drug Type to Your NDC Codes for DHCS Requirements

Setup in SmartCare to support DHCS claim requirements for when a beneficiary receives multiple doses of the same medication, provided on the same calendar day. In order to accommodate this requirement, the MAT procedure codes will need the Medication grouping attached. This will initiate the roll up of the same medications on the same day.

  1. Click the Search icon
  2. Type Procedure/R into the search bar.
  3. Click to select Procedure/Rates (Administration).
  1. The Procedure/Rates list page will open. Type the NDC # in the text box pictured below.
  2. Click Apply Filter. The medication will display in the grid below. 
  3. Click the hyperlinked medication name. The Procedure Code Details screen will open. 
  1. Click the Custom Fields tab.
  2. Navigate to the Drug Information section. Click the Medication Name dropdown menu and select the appropriate name.
  3. Click Save.

With this in place, when you administer more than one drug in one day, it will take the drugs administered and calculate for you what was given to the client. It will go out on the 837 file like the image below.