Manage Laboratory Order Details

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Select ABN Option for Failed Medical Necessity Check

Before you begin Ensure that you have the required license for Medical Necessity check. Ensure that you have configured medical necessity check in File Maintenance. Ensure that you have selected the insurance information for the patient in the All tab. Note: Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) derives the insurance settings from the Practice Preferences configurations. For more information on Practice Preferences in File Maintenance, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. For a test that does not meet the medical necessity criteria for insurance reimbursement, the patient can consent to financial responsibility by signing the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN). You can print the ABN for the patient to read and sign and record the patient's ABN status. Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the selected order item. Select the Laboratory or Diagnostic tab and check if the order ite

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Manage Diagnostic Order Details

In the Diagnostic tab, you can view and modify the details of your selected diagnostic order items, associated diagnoses, and other general information, such as billing type and order priority. Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the order item. To view and modify the order item, do one of the following: Select the Diagnostic tab. In the All tab, select the order item's link under Description. Note: When you select multiple diagnostic order items, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) groups the order items according to the performing entity you select. Under the Diagnostic Order section, do any of the following: View the patient's treatment history. Select a Laterality value for the diagnostic order item. Note: L indicates left, R indicates right, and B indicates bilateral. Modify the assigned diagnosis. To change the performing entity for the selected diagnostic order item, select the corresponding cross icon and reselect the order item with a different perform

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Manage General Order Details

In the All tab, which displays a summary of all your selected order items, you can view and modify the diagnoses for each order item; and any information that is common for all the selected order items, such as ordering provider, location, and insurance details. Note: Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) groups the order items by order type and performing entity. Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the selected order item. Note: For an immunization order item, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) automatically adds the default ICD-10-CM Z23 diagnosis code. For information on how to change the diagnosis selection, see Modify the assigned diagnosis. To view the details of the order, do one of the following: In the All tab, select the order item's link under Description. Select the Laboratory, Diagnostic, or Immunization tab. Note: For information on viewing the patient's order and immunization history, see Check Order History for laboratory or diagnostic orde

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Check Medical Necessity for Laboratory and Diagnostic Order Items

Before you begin Ensure that you have the license for medical necessity check. Ensure that you have configured medical necessity check in File Maintenance. Ensure that you have selected the insurance information for the patient in the All tab. Note: Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) derives the insurance settings from the Practice Preferences configuration. For more information on Practices Preferences in File Maintenance, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. Medical necessity includes a defined list of tests that are linked to medical problems. Government insurances such as Medicare Part B require approval of a test's necessity before it can be ordered and paid for. CPOE automatically checks for medical necessity when you assign a diagnosis to a laboratory and diagnostic order item. You can view the medical necessity check results and print the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for order i

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Manage Laboratory Order Details

In the Laboratory tab, you can view and modify your selected laboratory order items, associated diagnoses, and other general information, such as billing type and order priority. Note: Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) groups the laboratory order items by performing entity. Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the order item. To view and modify the details of the order item, do one of the following: Select the Laboratory tab. In the All tab, select the order item's link under Description. Under the Laboratory Order section, do any of the following: View the patient's treatment history. Modify the assigned diagnosis . To change the performing entity for the selected laboratory order item, select the corresponding cross icon and reselect the order item with a different performing entity. Under the Laboratory Details section, do any of the following: Assign tasks to other users or user groups. Document the ordering reason and manage schedules for future and recur

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Handle AOE Questions

Before you begin Before you begin, ensure that you have configured the Order AOE Questions and Order AOE Answers system master files in File Maintenance. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Master Files Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. You can answer Ask at Order Entry (AOE) questions while ordering laboratory and diagnostic tests through performing entities that require AOE, such as such as Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics® . Open CPOE. Select an order item. Assign a diagnosis to the selected order item. Select the Laboratory or Diagnostic tab. Under the AOE Question Answer section, select the answers to the questions. Note: Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) displays an indication for any tests that are configured for AOE answers. CPOE automatically saves your answers. Tip: If an AOE question is common to multiple order items you have selected, you can provide the answer to any one question and apply it to the re

Manage Laboratory Order Details

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Check Medical Necessity for Laboratory and Diagnostic Order Items

Manage Laboratory Order Details

Handle AOE Questions