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Enter a New Visit Type

You can enter a new visit type, but you cannot add or change groups or visit sets; they are hard-coded.
Visit Type Setup panel with highlighted fields used for adding visit types

  1. Select the field below the Visit Type column.
  2. Enter the name of the new visit type.
  3. Select the field below the Visit Set column twice.
    A picklist opens.
  4. Select a Visit Set, and then select OK.
  5. Select the field below the Group column twice.
    The Ainf Visit Groups picklist opens.
  6. Select a Visit Group.

    The group enters the field and the picklist closes.

  7. Select the Mod field and type GP, GO or GN to indicate if the visit type needs a modifier.
  8. Select the checkboxes as needed to indicate whether the visit type:
    • Can be used to bill a Re-eval if selected on Single Visit or Fee Sheet
    • Will count toward the patient’s Start of Care (SOC) tally
    • Requires that a treating diagnosis is entered, to be able to submit the Fee Sheet (Diag Req)
    • Is one that you discharge (DC) the patient from
    • Can be a Documentation Only (Doc Only) encounter
    • Accesses the Fee Sheet template (Use Feesheet)
    • Prevents users from navigating through the workflow if the patient was not scheduled and checked in (Req Checkin)
    • Can be selected in the picklist for the Visit Type on the NTS Homepage template (Show in EHR).
  9. Select Add/Update to add the new entry to the grid.