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Select a Prolonged Time Code

You can select a prolonged time code to report time that surpasses the threshold for code 99205 or 99215 on the Finalize template.

Before you begin

You must calculate or manually select the visit code 99205 or 99215 in the Evaluation and Management Coding panel.
You can report a time of more than 74 minutes for a new patient for code 99205, or more than 54 minutes for an established patient for code 99215.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Open the Finalize template.
  3. On the Evaluation and Management Coding panel, select the first blank Visit code field.
    The Visit Code Service Category Name window opens.
  4. Select Prolonged, and select the code for the prolonged service time.
    The prolonged service time code appears in the Visit code field.