Anesthesia Visit Coding

Anesthesia Visit Coding

Anesthesia Visit Coding is activated in System Settings > Charges > VISITCODING > Yes

Users must be able to View Anesthesia Crosswalk to use Anesthesia Visit Coding.
  1. Admin > User Maintenance > User ID > Permissions > Admin > Setup > Time Unit Calculation Settings > Anesthesia Crosswalk > View

Anesthesia Visit Coding

Attach to a Reference Batch and input the Facility and DOS before proceeding.

  1. Charges > Anesthesia Visit Coding

  1. Select the eBridge button to access the document.
  2. Enter a Page Number From and Page Number To from the eBridge document.
  3. Enter the Diagnosis Code(s).
  4. Enter the Procedure information.
  • Use the ANES Lookup to determine the Anesthesia Code if the field is not automatically populated by the selected Procedure Code.
  1. Tab through the Procedure fields to add an additional Procedure Line.
  • Select the red minus icon – to delete a Procedure.
  • Select the Emergency checkbox to add an Emergency Procedure automatically.
  1. Select the Next Visit checkbox to automatically proceed to the next Visit after saving.
  2. Select Save [F2].
  • This creates an Incomplete Charge.

Anesthesia Visit Billing

  1. Claims > Encounter by Status List > Incomplete link

  1. Filter the Encounters by Status List by the Reference Batch number.
  • Ensure that all other Filter fields are blank to ensure that all Incomplete Charges populate the list.
  1. Select the Encounter ID link.

  1. Select the Modify button.

  1. Attach a Patient to the Encounter.
  • Ensure that the correct Guarantor and Insurance are attached to the Patient.
  1. Enter the Anesthesia Charge.
  2. Select Save [F2].

After all Encounters in the Batch have been completed and saved, close the Reference Batch.

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