You can enter the source, lot number, unit type, expiration date, and J-Code of a medication by scanning the barcode.
- On the MICS Med Management template, expand the Medication Management panel.
- In the top grid, select the prescribed or ordered medication.
The details of the medication appear in the
Manage Selected Medication section.
- If sub-locations are turned on for the practice, select the sub-location the medication is pulled from, and select OK.
Note: Sub-Location is a required field, if turned on.
- To add the diagnosis codes for selected medication, select diagnosis codes in the Diagnosis and Second Dx fields.
Note: You can not edit the diagnosis codes that are associated with the medications in the Medications module or Office Procedures template.
- Select Dispensed or Administered for non-injectable or injectable medications respectively.
The corresponding fields are available.
- Select Scan Barcode, and scan the medication bar code.
Note: If the inventory contains multiple medications matching the scanned barcode in the inventory, a list of medications appears, where for you tocan select the requirednecessary medication.
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.
- Enter the amount.
Note: For single dose medications, if you enter less quantity than the vial amount, a confirmation message appear to confirm wasting the remaining quantity. You must select
Yes.
If you are giving multiple injections to a patient from a single dose vial, document the total quantity in a single row. You can enter the location, side, and number of injections in the Comments field.
- For administered medications: enter the sequence, administration type, body part, side, position, and reaction.
Note: The sequence, administration type, body part, side, position, and reaction fields are only enabled on selecting Administered option.
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.
- Enter your comments in the Comments field.
- Select Submit.
