Before you begin
To submit an E&M code, you must have selected an assessment in the
Today’s Assessments panel. For more information on assessments, go to
NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest
Getting Started User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine.
- Open the Finalize template and expand the Evaluation and Management Coding panel.
- To use a calculated E&M code, review and select the MDM level or enter the total time. For more details, see Calculate an E&M Code under 2021 Coding Guidelines on the FTS Finalize Template.
The Medical Decision Making section displays the prepopulated MDM level based on the calculated levels in the three tables in the Medical Decision-Making Elements panel.
- To bypass or override the calculated code, select an E&M code in the code option section at the bottom of the Evaluation and Management Coding panel.
Note: Code 99201 cannot be selected. The code expires effective January 1, 2021.
Code 99211 Nurse Visit cannot be calculated based on the MDM level or time. You must select the code manually.
For codes 99205 and 99215, if the time exceeds the threshold of 74 minutes for a new patient or 54 minutes for an established patient.
- Enter any additional visit codes in the second or third Visit code field, and then select a code from the list.
- To meet visit code criteria for Quality Reporting, select a SNOMED CT code.
- To generate a note, a referral, a lab order or a requisition, or another document, click Generate Note and then select an option.
- Click Submit Code.
The code appears in the
Submitted field.
The application creates the Master or Specialty Master document or other required document based on your practice configuration for offline generation or the document configuration for a submitted code. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Practice Configuration Template User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine and the Document Configuration Practice Template for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine.
