Viewing Subsequent Encounters After Billing

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Viewing the Final Encounter After Billing

During the billing process, the application automatically populates the fields related to recurring billing on the following tabs on the UB tab of the Encounter Maintenance window: General Occurrence Codes Value Codes General Occurance Codes Value Codes Parent topic: Final Encounter in a Series

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create and Bill Subsequent Encounters

When creating a subsequent encounter in a series for a patient for recurring billing, the UB Encounters window opens to enable you to link the subsequent encounters to the initial encounter. From the Encounters tab on the patient's chart, select the open menu button and select New. The UB Encounters window opens. Highlight the encounter that displays the initial encounter and select the Copy Forward button. Note: There can be more than one recurring cycle at the same time. Be sure to highlight the correct encounter for the cycle you are adding to. For example, there may be a recurring cycle for physical and speech therapy after a stroke. If you want to create a new encounter that is not part of the recurring cycle, use the New button. The Create Encounter window opens. The copy forward function copies the values from the Onset Date, Occurrence Codes, and Value Codes from the initial encounter to the new encounter. The encounter is identified in the application as a subsequent encounter

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Occurance Codes

The values on the Occurrence Codes tab are copied from the initial encounter in the series. Parent topic: Viewing Subsequent Encounters After Billing Parent topic: Viewing the Final Encounter After Billing

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Creating Subsequent Encounters in a Series

When creating a subsequent encounter in a series for a patient who is set up for recurring billing, the UB Encounters window opens because an existing encounter is flagged as an initial encounter and it does not have a discharge date. The Copy Forward button on this window enables you to link subsequent encounters in the same series to the initial encounter. Create and Bill Subsequent Encounters Viewing Subsequent Encounters After Billing Parent topic: Encounter Settings Required for Recurring UB Billing

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Value Codes

The values codes on the Value Codes tab are copied from the initial encounter in the series followed by the number of the encounter in the series. Each subsequent encounter is incremented by 1. In the example below, the encounter is the second encounter in the series and is represented by a 2. Parent topic: Viewing Subsequent Encounters After Billing

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View the Initial Encounter After Billing

During the billing process, an Initial Encounter ID is assigned to the encounter to identify it as the first encounter in a series. In addition, this process automatically populates the fields related to recurring billing on the following tabs on the UB tab of the Encounter Maintenance window: General Occurrence Codes Value Codes General Occurance Codes Value Codes Parent topic: Initial Encounter in a Series

Viewing Subsequent Encounters After Billing

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Viewing the Final Encounter After Billing

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Viewing the Final Encounter After Billing

Create and Bill Subsequent Encounters

Occurance Codes

Creating Subsequent Encounters in a Series

Value Codes

View the Initial Encounter After Billing