Add a Procedure on the Surgery Coding Template

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Add a Diagnosis

Click the Add-Remove button below the diagnoses grid to launch the Add/Remove Assessments template. Double-click the diagnosis in the Diagnosis grid. Note: If the diagnosis is not in the Diagnosis grid, you can add it using the Add button to launch the Common Assessment template or Problem IT button to launch IMO template. Click Close. Apply the diagnoses to the procedures in the coding grid by doing one of the following: Click the Apply to All button to add all selected diagnoses to all procedures in the bottom grid. Any diagnosis with a check mark will be added to all procedures in the coding grid. To apply a code to a specific procedure, by selecting them (anything with a green check mark), selecting the procedures in the Procedures grid, and clicking Apply Codes. Diagnoses in the Diagnosis/Procedure Information panel Enter the date of injury, assisting surgeons and referring doctor. Note: DOS and Provider automatically pull from the Surgery Sched template. Select a one of the follo

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Add Surgical Procedure Codes

You can add up to eight procedures using the Procedures Code button and the IORTS Px XPO template, or five procedures using the Procedure IT button and IMO functionality. If you enter more than five procedure codes, only five appear in the fields on this page. However, all procedures appear on patient documentation. Note: Selecting the P check box to the left of a procedure code fields indicate that the procedure is possibly going to be performed, but may not be, based on the surgeon’s discretion or insurance authorization. To add procedures, do one of the following: To add procedures from the IORTS Px XPO template, click the Procedure Codes button. The IORTS Px XPO template opens on a default procedure page based on practice or provider. If you are licensed for IMO functionality, click the Procedure IT button to add procedure codes. Parent topic: Surgery Details of Patients

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Add a Surgical Procedure

To open the IORTS Px Xpo template, do one of the following: Under the following grids, click Add: Orthopedic Surgical History grid on the Intake template Surgical History grid on the Intake template Procedures grid on the Surgery Coding template On templates where you are adding procedures to diagnoses/assessments (for example, the Single or Multi Fx template), click the Procedure Codes button. If the Procedure Page field is blank or you want to select a different value, click the Procedure Page field, and select a value from the list and click OK. IORTS Procedure Page window Select a procedure code. If picklists open, make any selections necessary to refine the procedure description: If the IORTS Side picklist opens, select the side or bilateral, or select the blank at the top of the picklist to continue without selecting the side. Select a surgeon from the Surgeon picklist. Enter the date of surgery. Click Cancel if you do not want to enter a surgery date at this time. Procedures gri

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Search for a Procedure Code

You can search for a procedure code to add it. On the IORTS Px Xpo template, click the Search button. The IORTS Px Search Pu template opens. Do one of the following: To search by code, type the code into the Code field. IORTS Procedure Search window To search by description, enter the description in the Description field. Note: When searching by description, if you check the Search anywhere check box, the list returns all procedure descriptions that have the typed character string anywhere in the name. Keyword search on the IORTS Procedure Search window The grid list is filtered as you type. For example, when you type “25” in the Code field, the list displays all codes that begin with “25”. Select the procedure and click OK to return to the IORTS Px Xpo template. Parent topic: Add a Surgical Procedure

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Add Fracture Care Procedure Codes

You can add a procedure code to each Fx Care (Fracture 1, 2, 3) entry. You can use the IORTS Px Xpo Procedures template to add procedure codes (follow the instructions in the section Add a Surgical Procedure 29 ) or click Procedure IT if your practice uses IMO. The procedure codes that you add enter the Fracture fields in order from left to right (1-3). Fracture Care Procedure Codes in the Assessment and Plan panel Parent topic: Add New Diagnoses from the Common Assessment Template

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Add an Unlisted Procedure Code

You can add an unlisted procedure code from the IORTS Px Xpo template. This will be a generic code by body part or scope for a procedure for which there is no specific procedure code. CAUTION: To avoid mis-coding, before you use this functionality, run a description search for the body part, with the Search Anywhere button selected, and scroll through the results, to be certain there is no existing code for the procedure. Unlisted Procedure section on the IORTS Px Xpo template In the Unlisted Procedure section, click the Code field. A picklist opens for you to choose the generic code by body part, or scope. Select the code from the list. Select unlisted procedures This enters the code in the Code field and closes the picklist. Type a description in the Description field. Click Add. An alert appears asking you to confirm that no code exists for this procedure. Click Yes, if you are sure that there is no existing code for this procedure. The procedure is added, with the description you e

Add a Procedure on the Surgery Coding Template

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