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Complete Behavioral Health Billing

For a group encounter, billing can be applied at the individual or group level. Data entered or modified in the group section appears for every member and cannot be modified at the individual level. The Start and End time buttons are available in both of these sections and on the Program Name panel for a group note. The values documented in either place are immediately reflected in the same fields on the other section. Entered times can be modified by clicking in the field. If desired, you can document the time values at a later date. It is important to follow the established format: 00:00 AM or PM.

  1. Navigate to the Signatures panel on the BH – Group Therapy Progress Note template.
  2. Do one of the following actions in either the Group or Individual section:
    • Click the clock to enter the current value in the End time field.
    • In the field, click to type the time that marks the end of the exam.
    The read-only Duration field fills with the calculated duration value after the entry of the End time.
  3. Select Service performed by.
    The system fills the fields with the name of the current user and fills the Service Description and Service Code fields if a single mapped service code is found.
  4. To select a different service description/code or if no matching service code is found click the Service description field to select a code in the Service Item Mstr picklist.
  5. To address multiple service codes returned after selecting Service performed by, highlight the desired row on the Bh Coding Select template and click Select to fill the Service description and Service code fields.
    • To select a different value, click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Service description label.
    The drop-down arrow only appears after a selection is made on the Bh Coding Select template. The arrow is the only feature to re-open the Bh Coding Select template.
  6. If required, click the next available field to enter a modifier.
  7. Set the Time-based value to No or Yes.
  8. Click the Submit to Superbill or Go To Finalize button.
  9. To move to another patient record in the same group:
    • In the Patient field, click to select another name from the resulting list and click OK.
    • Click Open Chart.
    • On the Top Toolbar, select BH - Group Therapy Progress Note for the same group encounter being documented.