Clear Selected Order Items

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Selecting Orders

To create your order, you can use one or both of the following approaches. You can select a diagnosis and then add the appropriate order items. This approach can be useful for differential diagnoses. For example, for a patient exhibiting symptoms of pneumonia, you may have two differential diagnoses—streptococcus pneumonia and viral pneumonia. You can select a set of tests specific to streptococcus pneumonia first, followed by a different set specific to viral pneumonia. You can select the order items first and then assign the diagnoses. In this approach, you can search for and select a laboratory, diagnostic, or immunization item using the following options. Select Common Orders Search for Orders Items Select Order Items from Favorites Select Order Items from the Immunizations Recommendations List When you select an order item, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) displays and saves the order details in the Incomplete Items list. If you close the CPOE window when you have selecte

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Search for Orders Items

Before you begin Ensure that you have configured the Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) search URL in System Administrator. For more information, see Configure CPOE Search API URL . Ensure that the search data is uploaded to the Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) instance. For more information, see Upload Search Data to Cloud Sever . You can search for an order item on the Order Search Bar using the test name. You can also search for laboratory and diagnostic tests by their compendium code, and immunization items by their respective CVX and CPT® codes. Open CPOE. On the Order Search Bar, enter the order item name, compendium code, CVX, or CPT® code. Note: CPOE synchronizes the compendium data to process searches for laboratory and diagnostic tests with the AWS™ instance you configure during installation. The matching results for the compendium code appear in the SEARCH RESULTS list. The search results appear. To filter the search results by order type, select one of the following filter

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Select Common Orders

Before you begin Ensure that you have configured the common orders display period. Ensure that you have loaded and updated the laboratory and diagnostic test compendiums in the NextGen database using the Orders Management Console. Note: The most-frequently ordered items that are mapped to the NextGen compendium appear in the COMMON ORDERS list. For more information on updating the NextGen compendium list, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders Module Setup Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. You can select laboratory, diagnostic, and immunization order items from the COMMON ORDERS list, which displays a maximum of the twenty most-frequently ordered items at the user and practice levels. Open CPOE. Select the Order Search Bar. The COMMON ORDERS list appears. To filter the COMMON ORDERS list by order type, select one of the following filter options. All Laboratory Diagnostic Immunization Note: The default order-type filter is All. Select the performing entit

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Select Order Items from the Immunizations Recommendations List

Before you begin Ensure that you have configured the vaccine relationships and schedules in File Maintenance. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. Ensure that you have configured allergy check for immunization orders. Ensure that you have configured drug interactions checks. For more information on the medication interactions setup, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Drug Interaction and Medication Update Utility User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR and Medications and Medication Allergies Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You can select immunization order items from the IMMUNIZATIONS recommendations list for the patient. Note: For more information on immunizations, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Immunizations Module User Guide for NextGen Enterprise. Open CPOE. Select Immunizations. Note: The notifi

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Place Selected Orders

Before you begin While selecting your orders, ensure that you address all the mandatory indicators, which are denoted by . Ensure that you have completed the charge submission and payers information configurations in File Maintenance so that your practice can post charges for performing laboratory and diagnostic tests, and also automatically include Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) codes and Modifiers in the charges for diagnostic orders with Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) check. Note: For more information on charge submission configurations, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise and Procedures and Superbill Modules User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. You can place your selected orders and view a summary of the of the placed orders in Placed Items. Note: In File Maintenance, if you have configured Practice Preferences for automatic billing of laboratory or diagnostic orders, Comput

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Modify Assigned Diagnoses on Orders

When you select a diagnosis in the Assign Diagnosis section, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) automatically adds it to all the selected order items. You can manually change the diagnosis selection for individual order items. Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the selected order item. To modify the diagnosis for an order item, do one of the following: In the All tab, select the expand icon corresponding to the order item. Select the Laboratory, Diagnostic, or Immunization tab, and then select the expand icon corresponding to the order item. The Modify Diagnosis section appears. Select a diagnosis. Note: You can select multiple diagnoses. For more information on how to use the Search and Clear options under Modify Diagnosis, see steps 4-6 in Add Diagnoses to Order Items. CPOE adds the diagnosis to the order item. To close the Modify Diagnosis section, select the collapse icon. Parent topic: Managing Order Details Related concepts Selecting Orders Related task