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.
- 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.
- Charges > Anesthesia Visit Coding
- Select the eBridge button to access the document.
- Enter a Page Number From and Page Number To from the eBridge document.
- Enter the Diagnosis Code(s).
- 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.
- 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.
- Select the Next Visit checkbox to automatically proceed to the next Visit after saving.
- Select Save [F2].
- This creates an Incomplete Charge.
Anesthesia Visit Billing
- Claims > Encounter by Status List > Incomplete link
- 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.
- Select the Encounter ID link.
- Select the Modify button.
- Attach a Patient to the Encounter.
- Ensure that the correct Guarantor and Insurance are attached to the Patient.
- Enter the Anesthesia Charge.
- Select Save [F2].
After all Encounters in the Batch have been completed and saved, close the Reference Batch.