Indicating the Treatment as an Incident to a Previous Encounter

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

The Submit to Supervisor workflow is as follows: The NextGen® Orthopedic Suite looks to the Supervisor Required check box in the provider master file in File Maintenance to determine if the rendering supervisor requires supervisor signoff. Modify Provider Information window NextGen® Orthopedic Suite assumes 100% of the encounters for that provider require supervisor signoff unless their name is added to the Submit to Supervising Settings grid in the Finalize Visit Settings panel of the Practice Configuration template: Finalize Visit Settings panel on the Practice Configuration template If the provider’s name is in the Submit to Supervisor Settings grid, the provider can select which encounters are sent for signoff by using the Send to Supervising Physician button on the Finalize Visit template. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Send the Encounter to the Supervising Provider You can submi

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Add an Assessment (Diagnosis)

The Today’s Diagnosis grid pulls in diagnoses that were entered on the Billable Visit template under the Diagnosis Management section. Diagnoses with a check mark are selected to be applied to Procedure codes in the coding grid. All diagnoses are selected by default when you open the Finalize Visit template. Click the Add - Remove button below the Today’s Diagnosis grid. The IORTS FV Add Assess template opens. IORTS FV Add Assess template Double-click the diagnosis in the patient’s Diagnosis grid to add it to the Today’s Diagnosis grid. Note: If a diagnosis is not in the grid, you can find and add it by using the Add button (or the Problem IT button if your practice is configured to use IMO). Click Close to return to the Finalize Visit template. The diagnosis is added to the Today’s Diagnosis grid. Parent topic: Finalizing a Patient Visit

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

The Finalize Visit template has links to letters, office notes, and reports. The Radiology Report displays all non-X-ray orders that have been performed and interpreted on today's encounter. The X-ray Report displays all x-ray tests that have been performed and interpreted on today’s encounter on the Radiology Order Management template. There is also a Document Generation Log, carbon copy provider fields, Electronic Clinical Summary, and NextGen Portal Registration sections. You can click the report and letter icons to generate documents. The Electronic Clinical Summary and NextGen Portal Registration selections carry forward if entered on the Intake template. Document icons on the Finalize Visit Template Generate Documents and Letters on the Finalize Visit Template Parent topic: Finalizing a Patient Visit Parent topic: Submitting Charges to Finalize a 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

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Incident To Settings

The Incident To settings section enables you to set defaults to filter the options for Incident To billing. These settings affect what is displayed in the IORTSincident To Plan window that opens on selecting the Incident To check box on the Finalize Visit template. A user can override these defaults on the IORTSincident To Plan window. Parent topic: Finalize Visit Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Home

You can use the Home template to access all the modules of the NextGen® Orthopedic Suite and view the summary of the medical and surgical history, medications, allergies, injections, and diagnostic tests for a patient. The recommended workflow is to begin a patient encounter on the Home template. From the Home template, you can use the workflow tabs and the links to access various templates of the NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. You can initiate a Scribe Encounter only on the Home template. You can also configure the Home template to exclude the radiology tests with the Cancelled or Error status in the All Internal Radiology Orders grid. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Home template Note: If you are not on a checked-in encounter, the tabs in the workflow bar are grayed out. Access the Home Template You can open the Home template to begin workflows on the NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Mark the

Indicating the Treatment as an Incident to a Previous Encounter

Recommendations

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

Add an Assessment (Diagnosis)

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter

Incident To Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Home

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

Add an Assessment (Diagnosis)

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

Document That the Encounter is Incident to a Previous Encounter

Incident To Settings

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Home