Claim Types

In the Account Module toolbar, click the drop down arrow on New Claim.

There are five options when creating a claim:

Open Dental determines how claims are created based on the Insurance Plan order. The logic follows the table below.

Insurance Plan Situation
(order listed in Family Module)
New Claim Primary Secondary Medical
1. Dental (Primary) Claim type: Primary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance Plan: Dental Plan

Other Coverage: Blank
Claim type: Primary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance Plan: Dental Plan

Other Coverage: Blank
Message displays stating the patient does not have secondary insurance. Message displays stating the patient does not have medical insurance.
1. Medical Claim type: Medical

Med/Dent: Medical or Institutional

Insurance Plan: Medical Plan

Other Coverage: Blank
Message displays stating the patient does not have any dental plans. Message displays stating the patient does not have secondary insurance. Claim type: Medical

Med/Dent: Medical or Institutional

Insurance Plan: Medical Plan

Other Coverage: Blank
1. Dental (Primary)
2. Dental (Secondary)
Two claims are created
(except for certain Canada Claims).

Primary claim:

Claim Type: Primary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance Plan: Dental plan with lowest ordinal

Other Coverage: Dental plan with the second lowest ordinal

Secondary Claim:

Claim Type: Secondary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance Plan: Dental plan with the second lowest ordinal

Other Coverage: Dental plan with lowest ordinal
Claim Type: Primary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance plan: Dental plan with the lowest ordinal

Other Coverage: Dental plan with the second lowest ordinal
Claim Type: Secondary

Med/Dent: Dental

Insurance plan: Dental plan with the second lowest ordinal

Other Coverage: Dental plan with the lowest ordinal.
Message displays stating the patient does not have medical insurance.
1. Dental (Primary)
2. Medical
Same as Dental Same as Dental Message displays stating the patient does not have secondary dental insurance. Same as Medical
1. Medical
2. Dental (Primary)
Same as Dental Same as Dental Message displays stating the patient does not have secondary dental insurance. Same as Medical
1. Medical
2. Medical
Same as Medical Message displays stating the patient does not have any dental plans. Message displays stating the patient does not have secondary insurance. Same as Medical
1. Dental (Primary)
2. Dental (Secondary)
3. Medical
Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Medical
1. Dental (Primary)
2. Medical
3. Dental (Secondary)
Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Medical
1. Medical
2. Dental (Primary)
3. Dental (Secondary)
Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Dental Dental Same as Medical

Note: Med/Dent and Other Coverage can be manually changed on the claim from Edit Claim. Changing the Other Coverage on a claim may result in the e-claim sending secondary claim information that is inconsistent with the situations listed in the table.

Claim Type Other

When a patient has three or more dental insurance plans, create an Other type claim.

  1. In the Main Menu, click the New Claim dropdown, Other.

    All plans the patient is currently subscribed to list. To list all insurance plans for the family, including inactive or dropped plans, check Show plans for family which are not in use by the current patient.

  2. Select the dental insurance plan.
  3. Select the patient's relationship to subscriber.
  4. Click OK.
  5. On the Claim verify the claim information and change if necessary.
  6. Send or print the claim.

Example

If a patient has an insurance set up with of:

  1. Dental (Primary)
  2. Medical
  3. Dental (Secondary)

Follow the steps below to create a claim for all insurance plans.

  1. Click New Claim to create the Primary Dental insurance and the Secondary Dental insurance.
  2. Click the New Claim dropdown and Medical to create a claim for the Medical insurance.