Record a Blue Light Treatment

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Schedule a Blue Light Encounter on the SOAP Template

On the Intake - Dermatology template, select an appropriate reason for visit. The corresponding HPI template opens. Complete the HPI template and select Save & Close. On the SOAP template, go to the Physical Exam panel, and click Full Skin. The Dermatology Quick Exams - PE template opens. Select Quick exam defaults and select Actinic Keratosis from the list. The system populates the template with the currently defined default settings for actinic keratosis. To add a diagnosis, select Assessment and select actinic keratosis. In the Treatment section, do the following: Select Other Treatment and then select Blue Light from the list. Note: If the Blue Light option is not available, then select the blank field at the top of the list and enter Blue Light Therapy. To add the procedure date, select the Schedule in option and select a time frame from the list. Make any other necessary entries on the template. To add the record to the grid, select Add. Select Save & Close. The system adds the r

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Schedule Blue Light Treatment with GET

On the Intake - Dermatology template, select an appropriate reason for visit. The corresponding HPI template opens. Complete the HPI template and select Save & Close. On the GET template, from the Findings list , click Actinic Keratosis (AK). Click the image at the location that corresponds to the location of the AK on the patient. The application places a marker at that location and creates a record in the grid below the image. Click the link in the name column for the record. The Dermatology Quick Exams - PE template opens. Select Quick exam defaults and select Actinic Keratosis from the list. The system populates the template with the currently defined default settings for actinic keratosis. To add a diagnosis, select Assessment and select actinic keratosis. In the Treatment section, do the following: Select Other Treatment and then select Blue Light from the list. Note: If the Blue Light option is not available, then select the blank field at the top of the list and enter Blue Ligh

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Blue Light Treatment for Actinic Keratosis

You can document the diagnosis of actinic keratosis (AK), order a blue light treatment for the AK, and perform the treatment therapy. Typically, the diagnosis and treatment are performed during separate encounters. The intake staff follows a standard intake workflow for a typical office visit encounter. The intake staff records all other demographic and medical information following guidelines established by the practice. Before you can use this workflow, ensure that the following definitions exist for your practice: A CPT4 code (96567) in the practice's CPT4 code library for the Photodynamic Therapy. An HCPCS code (J7308) in the practice's HCPCS code library for the Levulan Kerastick. A SIM Code in the SIM Library for the Photodynamic Therapy. A Blue Light Treatment entry on the picklist for the Other Treatment field on the Dermatology Quick Exam - PE template. For more information on CPT4 and HCPCS codes, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest System Admi

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Routine Visit or Specific Complaint

You must follow the normal office visit procedure as follows: Document a Reason for Visit Fill in the appropriate History of Present Illness (HPI) template Complete a Review of Systems Perform a Physical Examination A patient who has come in to address a specific complaint such as acne, rash, warts, or lesions, might require a biopsy or non-surgical treatment. Based on the results of the skin examination, you may choose to schedule or perform any of the following: Biopsy to rule out skin cancer. Cryosurgery to treat actinic keratosis, seborrheic keratosis, or viral wart. Blue light (photodynamic) treatment for actinic keratosis. Topical treatment for eczema, certain warts, actinic keratosis, or certain basal and squamous cell cancers. These findings also may require a biopsy. As a provider, your actions depend on whether you intend to bill for an office visit, a procedure, or both. If you plan to bill the patient for an office visit, you can select the Office Visit visit type. In addit

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Document the Excision of a Skin Cancer

On the day of the excision procedure, the intake staff follows a standard intake workflow specifying the specialty as Dermatology and visit type as Surgical Visit. The intake staff records demographic and medical information following the guidelines established by the practice. On the Home Page - Dermatology template, review the patient information entered by the intake staff. On the Histories template, review the patient information and add information, if necessary. On the SOAP template, do the following: In the Reason for Visit panel, document complete details of the reason for visit or add additional reasons for visits, if necessary. In the Review of Systems panel, click Derm - ROS, and fill in the details in the Dermatology -ROS template. On the SOAP template, go to the bottom of the template and select the Procedures icon. The Udp Procedure Picklist opens. Click Excision/Repair. The Procedure dermatology excision 1 template opens. Click the Yes option for the Are you performing a

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Document a Routine Visit

After the intake staff completes their work with the patient, you can document the patient encounter. On Dermatology Home Page template, review the patient information entered by the intake staff. On the Histories template, review the patient information and make the desired modifications. On the SOAP template, view the details of reason for entered by the intake staff in the Reason for Visit panel. You can enter additional reasons for visit. In the Review of Systems panel, to document patient's signs and symptoms, do one of the following: Click the ROS defaults field, and then select an appropriate default ROS from the list. Click DERM - ROS and do one of the following in the Dermatology-ROS template. To select negative or positive for symptoms in a system, select either Neg or Pos options. To mark negative for all symptoms in a specific system, select All neg in the respective system. To document the findings in detail for a specific system, click the respective system link, and then

Record a Blue Light Treatment

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