Incident To Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Allow Users to Add Diagnoses on Finalize Visit

Marking the Allow users to add Diagnoses on Finalize Visit check box allows users to add diagnoses to a patient encounter on the Finalize Visit template. Parent topic: Finalize Visit Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Configure Scribe Approval for Submitting Charges

On the Specialty Config Home template, select Practice from the left navigation bar. The IORTS Practice Configuration template opens. Expand the Finalize Visit Settings panel. To make the scribe's approval required for submitting charges on scribe encounters, select the Require Scribe Sign-off before submitting on Finalize Visit checkbox. Note: If you clear the checkbox, the scribe's approval is not required for submitting charges on the Finalize Visit template. Parent topic: Finalize Visit Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Allow Users to Override Visit Type

A visit type is required on the Billable Visit template. The application suggests a visit type in parentheses, based on the last billed date and the date of the patient’s last visit (these are office global dates, not procedure dates). Allow users to override Visit Type check box Marking the Allow users to override Visit Type check box allows users to override the suggested visit type. Parent topic: Finalize Visit Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Finalize Visit Settings

You can configure settings related to the Finalize Visit template on the Finalize Visit Settings panel of the Practice Configuration practice template. Finalize Visit Settings panel on the Practice Configuration template Allow Users to Add Diagnoses on Finalize Visit Allow Users to Override Visit Type Allow Modification of the Calculated E&M Code Configure Scribe Approval for Submitting Charges You can make the scribe's approval required or optional for submitting charges on scribe encounters. Incident To Settings Submit to Supervisor Settings Grid Parent topic: Configuring Practice Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Indicating the Treatment as an Incident to a Previous Encounter

The Finalize Visit template contains a checkbox to help you indicate if today’s patient care is an incident to a plan or a diagnosis made on a previous patient encounter. You can select the Incident To check box to open the IORTS Incident to Plan template, which shows a filtered list of previous encounters. You can select an encounter to indicate that it is an incident to the today's treatment. Incident To check box on the Finalize Visit template IORTS Incident To Plan template The default filters are set in the Finalize Visit panel on the Practice Configuration template, and you can override them as needed. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter Parent topic: Finalizing a Patient Visit

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter

On the Finalize Visit template, select the Incident To check box. The IORTS Incident to Plan window opens. You can filter the grid by selection the following option: Time Period Current Provider All Providers All Encounters Plans Only-ones that had plans Add additional diagnoses in the Today's Diagnosis grid if your practice is configured to allow it. Note: If new diagnoses are added in this manner there must be documentation on the Billable Visit template per CMS guidelines. Today's Diagnosis grid on the Finalize Visit template Select the encounter which today’s visit is incident to. Click OK. If the Add New Task window opens, do one of the following: To close the window without sending a task, click Cancel. To send a task, select any desired recipients (for example, billing department), move them to the Task Recipients grid, and then click Task. A field appears next to the Incident To check box, showing the encounter date that this visit has been designated as incident to. Parent top

Incident To Settings

Recommendations

Allow Users to Add Diagnoses on Finalize Visit

Configure Scribe Approval for Submitting Charges

Allow Users to Override Visit Type

Finalize Visit Settings

Indicating the Treatment as an Incident to a Previous Encounter

Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter

Incident To Settings

Allow Users to Add Diagnoses on Finalize Visit

Configure Scribe Approval for Submitting Charges

Allow Users to Override Visit Type

Finalize Visit Settings

Indicating the Treatment as an Incident to a Previous Encounter

Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter