Visit Type

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® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Select a Visit Type for the Patient Encounter

The visit type you select determines the workflow for the patient encounter. Note: In the Billing Configuration system template, your administrator configures which visit types you can choose from. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Configuration Guide for NextGen® Therapy Suite. Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter. Open the NTS Homepage template associated with the encounter. In Visit Type, select the visit type for the encounter. The template updates with information from the case and encounter. Parent topic: Homepage Template

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

New and Established Patients and Visit Types

There are many different E&M Service categories, such as Office Visits, Consultations, and Preventive Services. Most of these services are further categorized into New and Established patient services, where the calculation of E&M levels begins in NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. To calculate an E&M code, you must select a New or Established patient designation along with a description from the Visit Type list. Most, but not all, visit types are mapped to E&M codes. This mapping is used in the overall calculation of the E&M code. For example, visit types classified as office services are mapped to sick E&M codes 99201-99215. Preventive medicine visit types are mapped to preventive medicine E&M codes 99381-99397. For more information about E&M mappings, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the E&M Bullets and Field Mapping System Template for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Note: NextGen Healthcare strongly recommends that you do not add or delete items from the S

NextGen Virtual Visits™ Help

Practice User Types

NextGen Virtual Visits™ supports the following licensed user types: scheduled users and support users. Scheduled users have visits scheduled with patients. If your practice uses NextGen® Enterprise PM, a practice user can schedule a virtual visit with this provider, which is then displayed in the Upcoming Visits list in NextGen Virtual Visits™. Support users have access to multiple provider calendars within NextGen Virtual Visits™. A support user can log on to a specific practice and use the Provider Switcher to select the necessary provider. The support user can then view upcoming patient visit information and join a visit if needed. These users can also schedule on-demand visits for providers and invite guests to visit on behalf of the patient or the provider. Enroll as a Scheduled or Support User Scheduled and support users complete their enrollment from an email.

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

DME Visit Workflow

In NextGen® Enterprise EHR, create an encounter that is attached to the case. Open Homepage. Select either a visit type for a single visit or the non-billable DME Only visit type. Navigate to the NTS PT Orthosis template and complete documentation. For billable visit types, open the Fee Sheet template to finalize the visit, submit charges, and generate necessary documents for the encounter. Parent topic: DME Only Visits

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Enter or Review Surgical Data, Authorized Visits, and Diagnosis

The General panel enables you to enter or review surgical data, authorized visits and diagnosis. Most of the information that you document in the General panel are one-time entries. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. From the Subjective tab, expand the General panel, and then select one of the patient type options, such as Established patient or New patient. General Note: The Established patient option is automatically selected if a previous encounter exists for the patient. To select the relationship of the person providing the details for the patient, click the Historian field. Enter the Onset date and the Start of care date. Note: The Referring provider field displays the provider name entered at the encounter level. Select the surgical procedure to be performed. Select No or Yes for Patient awareness of diagnosis and prognosis. Note: The Total number of visits, Today’s visit number, and Total authorized visits are read-only and automatically display the visit numbers based on current ph

Visit Type

Recommendations

Allow Users to Override Visit Type

Select a Visit Type for the Patient Encounter

New and Established Patients and Visit Types

Practice User Types

DME Visit Workflow

Enter or Review Surgical Data, Authorized Visits, and Diagnosis

Visit Type

Allow Users to Override Visit Type

Select a Visit Type for the Patient Encounter

New and Established Patients and Visit Types

Practice User Types

DME Visit Workflow

Enter or Review Surgical Data, Authorized Visits, and Diagnosis