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Add Procedure Details in Ambulatory Surgery on the Dynamic HPI

  1. Open the Home Page template and set the Specialty to Ambulatory Surgery and the Visit Type to Procedure.
  2. Click Intake to open the ASC - Intake template.
  3. Expand the Procedure panel and select the applicable procedures.
    Selecting procedure from the Procedure panel
  4. Click the Physician Proc tab.
    The ASC - Physician Procedure template opens.
  5. In the Reason for Visit panel, select the procedure that was documented in the Procedure panel.
    The dynamic HPI template opens. The Reason field displays the site associated with the procedure selected in the Reason for Visit panel. The procedure and the site of procedure are configured in the Procedure Config practice template. For more information on how to configure a procedure to a site, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Procedure Config Practice Template User Guide forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine.
    HPI

  6. Select Procedure from the left pane.
    The right grid displays a list of categories and/or procedure types. An asterisk (*) indicates the value is selected and concatenated in the field below the right grid.
    Pre-selected category and procedure type
  7. If applicable, select a different category to associate with the procedure.
  8. If applicable, click the Procedure Types option and select a different procedure type from the list.
  9. Select Indications from the left pane.
    A list of indication's pretext options appears in the right grid.
    Indication's pretext on History of Present Illness

  10. Select a pretext.
    A list of indications appears in the right grid. You can select multiple indications from the list.
  11. To navigate back to the previous menu of pretext, click the link of the selected pretext at the top of the grid.
    • You can select another pretext and associate indications. Selecting another pretext and associate indications
      As the selections are made in the right grid, the selected values concatenate in the field below the right grid.
      Concatenated values on HPI

  12. Click the Add/Edit Comments button to enter additional details on the procedure.
    The Dynamic HPI Comments template opens and the Section field displays the last section selected on the dynamic HPI template.
    Dynamic HPI Comments

    • To change the section on the Dynamic HPI Comments template, click the Section field and select Procedure or Indications from the list.
    • In the Comment field, enter any additional information on the procedure.
    • Click Save & Close.

      The comments concatenate to the corresponding sentence (procedure or indication) on the dynamic HPI template.

  13. Expand the History of Present Illness panel to view the documented HPI details appear in the grid.
  14. To add details of the other available procedures documented in the current encounter:
    • Click the drop-down arrow next to the Reason field and select the applicable procedure.
    • Repeat steps above to document procedure details.
  15. Click Close.
    The documented procedure details appear under the History of Present Illness column in the Reason for Visit panel. The updates made to the procedure details in the Reason for Visit panel appear in the Procedure panel.