Anesthesia Billing Setup
An Internal Setting is used to activate Anesthesia functionality in the System.
- Ask your Implementation Manager or Support to activate Anesthesia.
Anesthesia Time Units
Set up the Anesthesia Time Units
Admin > Anesthesia Time Units
System Setting: ANESTHESIADESCR
Anesthesia Visit Concurrency and Workflow
Concurrency is when an anesthesiologist is medically directing or supervising the work of one or more anesthesia professionals.
The Concurrency options are set up on the Anesthesia Time Units in Admin.
Anesthesia Profile
If there are Payers that require a different Anesthesia Timed Units Profile, create the new Profile and attach it to that specific Payer in the Insurance Library or Anesthesia Time Unit Settings .
Insurance Library
Libraries > Insurances > select a specific Payer.
Select the Anesthesia Profile in the Insurance Library for a specific Insurance.
Libraries > Insurances > Select Insurance ID > Insurance Settings Panel
The Profiles will be available in the dropdown menu after the Anesthesia functionality is activated and the Anesthesia Time Unit Profiles have been created.
If you manage multiple Databases with an Insurance Master Library that is connected to both Anesthesia and non-Anesthesia Linked Databases, you will not see the Anesthesia Profile dropdown in the non-Anesthesia Databases.
You will only see this in Databases where Anesthesia functionality has been activated.
Anesthesia Time Units
Admin > Anesthesia Time Units
Select the Modify icon in the Insurances Column to add, edit, or remove an Insurance in each Description group.
If you add a payer to a different Description group, it will be removed from the prior group it was attached to.
This has the same result as changing the selection on the Payer.
ASA (Anesthesia) CROSSWALK
When adding a Charge using the Anesthesia Crosswalk®, the Surgery Procedure Code is entered, and the System determines automatically the corresponding Anesthesia Code. Set up the Anesthesia Crosswalk® manually or have it uploaded and managed automatically.
Procedure Code Base Units and Concurrency
The Base Units are set up in the Procedure Code Library in the Anesthesia Info Panel.
Libraries > Procedure Codes button > Select the Procedure Code > Anesthesia Info Panel. If you have subscribed to the ASA Crosswalk feature, the Base Units will be pre-populated in the Procedure Code Library.
***This panel is available only after Anesthesia Billing has been activated.
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Anesthesia Medically Directed Modifiers
Anesthesia System Setting: Military Time
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