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Setup Surgical Assistant Items
- From Administration, Click Accounting
- Click Items
- Click on the New button
- Enter the Item Number
a. If you are billing as the assistant, "S" is added to Assistance item number, and it overrides any other procedure items by calculating the item as a derived price based on the assistance item. For example: MZ900S
b. If you are billing on behalf of the assistant, no "S" is added to the Assistance item number, and the item is calculated as a derived price, being added to the list of items on the invoice. For example: MZ900
5.Set the Item Type as Assistance
6. Set the Item Fee Type
- Fixed Fee: A fixed fee will be charged for the assistant
- Percentage: A percentage of the total of all procedure charge will be calculated as the assistant fee
7. The Item price should be manually set in the percentage field as per the MBS pricing. Each Assistant item can be searched in MBS and the corresponding amount (Fixed/Percentage) should be manually set in CareRight. 
8. The Item Fee Type can be identified from MBS.
Eg: Item 51303 Charges On-fifth of the scheduled fee, which is 20%, Item Fee Type: Percentage. 
9. Any Procedure Item (Item type: Procedure) that can not be charged for assistance should check the box: Assist not eligible for fee
10. Click Create Item.
