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Document Administered or Dispensed Medications Using Barcode

You can enter the source, lot number, unit type, expiration date, and J-Code of a medication by scanning the barcode.
  1. On the MICS Med Management template, expand the Medication Management panel.
  2. In the top grid, select the prescribed or ordered medication.
    The details of the medication appear in the Manage Selected Medication section.

  3. If sub-locations are turned on for the practice, select the sub-location the medication is pulled from, and select OK.
  4. To add the diagnosis codes for selected medication, select diagnosis codes in the Diagnosis and Second Dx fields.
  5. Select Dispensed or Administered for non-injectable or injectable medications respectively.
    The corresponding fields are available.
  6. Select Scan Barcode, and scan the medication bar code.
    The source, lot number, unit type, expiration date, and J-Code appear in the corresponding fields. The application runs a DUR check for the medication.
  7. Enter the amount.
  8. For administered medications: enter the sequence, administration type, body part, side, position, and reaction.
    The system runs a DUR Check for the medication. If the system cannot complete the DUR Check, a message appears and a note is added to the bottom of the template notifying you that a manual DUR Check should be completed.
  9. Enter your comments in the Comments field.
  10. Select Submit.