You can select a guideline for a patient and configure Intervention Equivalents.
The
Intervention Equivalents section is where the different descriptions and CPT® codes for the same test are configured. This function enables you to use the name or the code they prefer, and the system is able to recognize what it is.
- Configured intervention equivalents are global, and can be used throughout the system.
- All of the different ways a guideline item or test can be named are referred to as synonyms or aliases.
The Intervention Equivalents section enables you to configure equivalents for the selected test. For example, breast MRI may have two different CPT® codes, or may have different descriptions when performed at different labs. The equivalents get added to the Intervention code equivalent data set in the Data Sets Setup practice template. Tests configured displays on selected flowsheets on the Flowsheets Setup practice template.
CAUTION:
Equivalents (or synonyms) should only be created for variations in the name for the same test, such as hemoglobin A1C vs. HgA1c. You should not make breast MRI a synonym for mammogram since these are different tests. Instead, a breast MRI can be made an alternative test to a mammogram.
You can view the following when you select a guideline test in the Intervention/Test Name field:
- The Intervention description equivalent field allow you to enter the description in the system for the test.
- The Intervention code equivalent field allow you to select codes in the system for the test; an N or Y value indicates whether the item is orderable or not. Only those items set as Y are available for selection for ordering during run-time use of the Care Guidelines Paged View template.
Note: The Intervention description equivalent and Intervention code equivalent grids are separate grids that function independently of each other. You can choose to add a description or a code. There is no need to add both.
A mammogram may also be known as a screening mammogram. Therefore, when you select Mammogram in the Intervention/Test Name field, both Mammogram and Screening Mammogram display in the Intervention description equivalent grid. Both descriptions refer to the same test.
When you are in the Intervention/Orders Setup panel and choose an actClass, such as Lab, and then assign a code, one code appears into the Intervention code equivalent column with a Y as orderable. This ensures that there is always at least one test (CPT® code) that is orderable even if you choose not to add more intervention equivalents.
