Before you begin
Service codes, units, and duration are configured on the Service Code Mapping panel in the BH Foundation Configuration template. If any of these fields are blank, the selected code may not be configured correctly. Your practice administrator must review the configuration. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite.
- Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR, and then in Patient History, select Open Templates.
The Select Template window opens.
- On the Medical Records tab, select All.
- Open the billing template, and expand the Charges panel.
- If the service is not billable, select No Billing for Service, and then skip the remaining steps.
- Enter the start and end times.
Note: If the end time is earlier than the start time, or the duration is more than 12 hours, a message appears to correct the entries.
- In the Time Entry Navigation sidebar, select Billing Time Entry, and then enter the end time.
Note: You can select the current time or enter the time manually.
- Select a service code.
The selected service code appears in
Units.
Note: The billing codes are cleared from the fields when you leave the template without saving it.
- Select Submit Code.
The code is submitted to the Procedure module.
Note:
- The appointment status is updated when you submit the charges from the BH Suite templates, and the Practice Configuration setting is turned on to update the appointment status.
- If you submit a code that is configured as sensitive on the Practice Configuration template for Sensitive Encounters, the encounter is automatically flagged as sensitive.
- Select Generate Document.
