Adding Missing Tests for an Electronically Interfaced Diagnostic Provider

When you order labs or imaging, or set up charge items, the search only shows tests from that diagnostic provider's test compendium (its catalog of orderable tests). There is no free-text option. If a test isn't showing up, it needs to be added to the compendium — and how you do that depends on how the provider is connected.

First, check the interface type

Go to Practice Settings > Diagnostic Providers. For each active provider, the Interface Type is shown as either Electronic or Fax.

For electronically interfaced providers, the compendium comes directly from the lab's electronic interface, so it cannot be edited inside SigmaMD. To add or correct a test code:

1. Contact your account manager at the lab.
2. Ask them to work with their EDI team to add or correct test codes in the masterfile sent to our partner hub.
3. The EDI team coordinates with our partner hub to add or correct the test code on the interface.

This is all handled over email. Once the lab and our partner hub update the interface, the test code flows into your compendium automatically and becomes available in the ordering search.

For additional assistance, contact our support team.