Treatment Section
Use the
Treatment
section to capture all billable codes for Speech Therapy.
Evaluations or Screenings
Document Speech Testing and Other Treatments
Document speech-related treatments on the
Speech Single Visit
template.
Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy
For speech therapy visit types, you can document the education the patient receives.
Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy
For speech therapy visit types, you can document the training a patient's caregiver receives.
Document Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
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Objective Panel
The Objective panel has sections for documenting Exams, Comments, Treatment and Notes. You can also view and enter vital signs for the visit and indicate if the visit qualifies for a re-evaluation charge. Objective panel Vital Signs Re-evaluation Charge Documenting Exams Re-Evaluation Checkbox Objective Comments Treatment Section Modalities Additional Modalities Template Work Conditioning Template Document Orthosis and DME Management Aquatherapy Template Document Patient Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy For physical and occupational therapy, you can document education the patient receives. Document Caregiver Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy For physical and occupational therapy, you can document the training a patient's caregiver receives. Testing/Other Template Document Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Review Documented Treatments Physiotec MedBridge HEP You can access the MedBridge HEP Application Programming Interface (API) from the Objective panel of the Si
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Document Speech Testing and Other Treatments
You can document and bill for treatments specific to speech and language, devices, and audiology. You can document individual and group treatment. On the Speech Single Visit template, expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Testing/Other Tx. The Speech Treatment template opens with sections for Speech/Language, Device, and Audiology. Treatment options in the Speech Treatment template For one-on-one treatment, select the appropriate Ind checkbox, and then document the time in Individual Minutes along with any details. For group treatment, select the appropriate Grp checkbox, and then document the Grp Size and the Grp Time. The Grp Size and Grp Time fields appear next to the total time fields only if an item is marked as being done in a group. Group Info fields To bill for remote therapeutic monitoring, select the appropriate options in the RTM Codes section, enter the minutes, and then document the RTM details in the Comments field. Parent topic: Treatment Section
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Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy
You can document the speech therapy training the patient's caregiver receives in the patient's absence. The patient or representative must have given consent for this training. The caregiver training information appears on the Office Visit document. 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, and then select an SLP visit type. Open the NTS Speech Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Education. The Education template opens in the Speech Education window. Select Patient consented to caregiver training. Select the appropriate checkbox that describes whether the caregiver training is for an individual or a group. For individual caregiver training, enter the total minutes of training time in Min, and then enter any therapist assistant-led training time in Asst. Asst appears only if the administrator configured the therapist assistant t
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Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy
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, and then select an SLP visit type. Open the NTS Speech Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Education. The Speech Education template opens. Under Education, select a field to open a list of education descriptions, and then do one of the following: Select a description from the list to insert it into the field. Select Free Text to return to the field, and then enter a custom description of the education provided. Optional: Repeat the previous step to document additional patient education. In Patient and/or Caregiver Education, enter additional information related to the patient education or caregiver training. This information appears on the Plan of Care and Office Visit documents. Select Save & Close. The SLP Education row is added to the Treatment grid in the Objective panel. Parent top
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Document Remote Therapeutic Monitoring
Document the details about remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) so that you can bill for it. On the Single Visit or Speech Single Visit template, expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select RTM Codes. The NTS RTM Codes template opens. RTM Codes template Select the appropriate options under RTM Codes, enter the minutes, and then document the RTM details in the Comments field. Parent topic: Objective Panel Parent topic: Treatment Section
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Speech Objective Panel
The Speech Objective panel has sections for Exams, Goals, Comments, Treatment, and Notes. You can also document vital signs for the patient here. Objective panel for the Speech Single Visit template Vital Signs Exams Goals Objective Comments Treatment Section Notes Parent topic: Speech Single Visit
