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Enter Studies in the Diagnostics Tab

The Today’s Assessments grid includes a list of diagnoses selected in the Assessment tab.

The Diagnostic Studies template is part of a group of templates that use the last assessment or diagnosis selected on any of the templates in the group as the working assessment. The system defaults to the current working assessment. You can select another assessment, which becomes the new working assessment that carries forward to the other templates in the group.

  1. On the Diagnostic Studies template, select Add to open the Add or Update Assessment template and add any additional assessments.
    The application fills Vendor field automatically with the preferred vendor if it has been configured in the NextGen File Maintenance application.
  2. If required, select the Vendor field to select a different value from the resulting list.
    The application fills Billing Type field automatically based on the selected Vendor.
  3. If required, in the Today's Assessment section, select a diagnosis in the grid.
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  4. In the Orders section, select the applicable link to select the procedure and the associated CPT code.

    The selected procedure and code display in the Diagnostic study fields.

  5. If necessary, enter a Side, Site, Modifier, Position, Orientation, Location, Phone number, and Authorization Require.
  6. Select Place Order.
    The Select Task Recipients template opens.
  7. Enter the required task options and select OK.
    The order displays in the Diagnostic Studies Ordered This Visit grid with the status of ordered.
  8. Select Expand to open the All Diagnostic Studies - Orders template and view a list of all diagnostic studies ordered in the current encounter.
  9. Select Save & Close.
Enter Studies in the Diagnostics Tab