Additional services referral - what is this and how do I claim for it?

Additional Services contracts cover treatment on referral for sedation, domiciliary and orthodontics (where UOA's apply). When a patient is referred for Additional Services, all of the patient's treatment is carried out as two separate courses of treatment and therefore two patient charges where a patient charge is applicable.
 

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Referring performer

The patient's initial performer who carries out the assessment must do the dental treatment that they're able to perform and charge the patient for this. The dentist will receive the appropriate number of UDA / UOA for the dental treatment they've completed. The FP17 claim is completed in the usual way and no additional boxes need to be crossed.
 

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Referred to performer

The second performer who's providing treatment on referral under Additional Services, completes the treatment required and charges the patient separately for this Course of Treatment (CoT). The second dentist will receive the appropriate number of UDA / UOA for the treatment provided.

For domiciliary and sedation services, the FP17 claim will require entries in Part 6 indicating 'treatment on referral' and which service has been provided where applicable. There's no equivalent boxes to complete for orthodontic claims which are made on form FP17O.