Record Visit Time Using Start and End Timestamps
At the start of the visit, select
Start Time
button to enter the current time in the field.
Note:
You can edit the
Start Time
anytime during the visit.
At the end of the visit, select the
End Time
button at the bottom of the template.
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NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0
Record Visit Time Manually
Enter in the total patient’s visit time (in minutes) in the Total Active Visit Time field at the bottom of the template. Note: If you change the Total Active Visit Time on Single Visit template, you must reopen Fee Sheet to ensure correct calculations and documentation for the encounter. Total Active Visit Time field on the bottom section of the Single Visit template Parent topic: Visit Time
NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0
Visit Time
You can document the visit time for patients using one of the following methods based on your practice configuration done in the Single Visit section on the Practice Config practice template. If the application is configured to use the start and end timestamps to calculate total time for the patient visit, a Start Time button and field appear at the top of the Single Visit template, and Start Time and End time buttons and fields appear at the bottom of the template. Start Time and End Time fields on the Single Visit template If the application is configured to use manually entered total time, the Total Active Visit Time field appears at the bottom of the template. Note: If you change the minutes in Total Active Visit Time on the Single Visit template, you must reopen Fee Sheet to ensure correct calculations and documentation for the encounter. If turned on, you can enter the evaluation or re-evaluation time in the Eval/Re-Eval field. The time entered in Eval/Re-Eval is not added to the
NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0
Record Visit Time using Start and End Timestamps
At the start of the visit, select one of the Start Time buttons to enter the current time in the field. Note: You can edit the Start Time anytime during the visit. Start Time and End Time fields on the Chiro Single Visit template At the end of the visit, select the End Time button at the bottom of the template. Parent topic: Visit Time
NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0
Total Visit Time Calculation
Use this section to configure how visit time is recorded for your practice. You can set it up to use buttons that enter start and end timestamps (12-hours or 24-hours), or so that users enter the total visit time manually (Manual Time). If you select 12H or 24H Start - End, a Start Time button and field appear at the top of the Single Visit template, and Start Time and End Time buttons and fields appear at the bottom of the template. Start Time and End Time fields on the Single Visit template If you select Manual Time, a Visit Time field appears at the bottom of the Single Visit template. Visit Time field on the Single Visit template Parent topic: Single Visit
NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0
Record Visit Time Manually
At the end of the visit, enter in the total time of the visit in the Total Active Visit Time field at the bottom of the template. Note: If you change the Total Active Visit Time on Single Visit template, you must reopen Fee Sheet to ensure correct calculations and documentation for the encounter. Total Active Visit Time field on the Chiro Single Visit template Parent topic: Visit Time
NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0
Documenting Visit Time
You can enter the visit time for a patient's visit on the Billable Visit template. On the Billable Visit template, you can use the fields in the Visit Time sections to track the visit time for the evaluation and management (E&M) coding guidelines. Visit time on the Billable Visit template You can do one of the following to enter the visit time in the Start and End fields. To enter the current time, you can click the Clock icon icon. To enter a specific time, you can click the Down arrow icon icon, and enter the time in the time entry window. If you enter time in the Start and End fields, the total visit time is automatically calculated in minutes and displayed in the Total field. You can also manually enter the total visit time in minutes in the Total field if there are no entries in the Start and End fields. Parent topic: Billable Visits
