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Automatically Flag Sensitive Encounters in the ICD Code System

Before you begin

To flag encounters as sensitive, you must select the Enable Sensitive Encounter checkbox on the Practice Configuration template. To add data elements for the code system, you must configure the Sensitive Encounter Configuration template. For more information on how to configure data elements, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Practice Configuration Template User Guide forNextGen®Adaptive Content Engine.
  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR.
  2. Select a patient record, and then create an encounter.
  3. Open the Intake template, and then select a specialty and visit type.
  4. Open the Finalize template, and then in the Today's Assessment panel, select Add.
    The Add or Update Assessment template opens.
  5. Select Diagnosis Code lookup, enter the code in the search result, and select Search.
  6. Select the applicable ICD code, and select Select.
  7. On the Add or Update Assessment template, select Add/Update, and then select Save & Close.
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  8. In the Evaluation and Management Coding panel, select a complexity level, and then select Submit Code.
    The sensitive encounter flag indicator appears in the encounters list.
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