Appointment Type Dictionary
The Appointment Type dictionary
contains a description of the various types of appointments that will
be scheduled in the facility. Examples include Ortho, GI, Pain Management
and Plastics. Appointment type
is also referenced in AmkaiCharts.
In the Appointment
Type dictionary, you can associate a color to each Appointment
Type, and in the Preference Editor,
the Scheduling Grid can be configured to display the appointments based
on Appointment Type color.
This
dictionary also includes the four digit Type of Bill (FL04) required for
billing UB-04 paper and x12 claims.
The Appointment Type dictionary
is a Not Shared (Business Entity) dictionary. The items entered in the
dictionary will be unique to the Business Entity in which they are created.
- Have a list of the various Appointment Types that
will be scheduled in your facility.
- Generally, the Type of Bill (TOB) for
ASCs is 0831. If your facility will be using a different TOB that
information will be needed when this dictionary is built.
- Operating Room duration can be associated
to each Appointment Type. If you would like to set a default duration
to be used for scheduling, determine what the default should be for
each type being created.
- Click New Item from the
Actions sectionActions section
in the upper right of the dictionary. Complete the following fields.
- Name: Enter a
description of the item to be entered. This is a mandatory field and
must be unique.
- Quick Code: Enter a
short name for the item. Quick Codes can be up to 15 alphanumeric
characters, are mandatory and must be unique. If the Auto generate
quick codes Preference has been enabled, this filed will populate
when the Name
field has been completed and you tab off
of the field.
- Duration: (optional) Enter the standard amount of operative
time usually required for this appointment type. The value should
be positive only, and decimal points are not allowed. If you leave
the field blank the system will assume one grid increment as the default.
For example, if your Scheduling Grid displays time in increments of
30 minutes, the system will assume 30 minutes as the default. Operative
time is defined as "wheels in – to wheels out" of the operating/procedure
room.
- Color: (optional)
Select a color to be associated to the Appointment
type. White is the default color.
The scheduling grid can be configured to display cases based on the
color associated to the Appointment
type set for the case. See
Setting
Scheduling Preferences.
Note:
When selecting the color, be mindful of how
the color will display with text on the scheduling
grid. The appointment text will display
in black, so the appointment type color you select should not be too dark
or you may have a problem reading the text displayed.
- Allow Over
book: (optional)
If your facility will allow two or more of this appointment type to
be scheduled in the same room at the same time, check this box. Example:
Your scheduling grid is set for 15 minute time increments. You can
perform 2 cataract appointments in one 15 minute time slot. You can
create an Appointment type
of Cataract
and allow overbooking, so that two appointments
could be booked into the same 15 minute time slot on the schedule
grid.
- Type: Select
the visit type that this appointment will be associated to. For the
ASC, this will generally be OR
Visit.
- Type of Bill: Enter the four digit
TOB code to be used for claims processing. This is Field 4 on the
UB-04 paper claim and will general be 0831 for an Ambulatory Surgery
Center submitting an initial claim. A TOB is required when all formats
of electronic claims are filed. The value entered here will automatically
pull to the charge and can be modified as needed at the charge level.
- Chart Pack: If your facility
uses chart packs, select the chart pack to associate to this new appointment
type. Chart Packs are built in the Chart Pack dictionary where you
can associate the appropriate documents to the chart pack.
Superbill Template:
This field is not used for Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Need Case: This field
is not used for Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Bill on separate claim form:
This field is not used for Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Inpatient: This field
is used for Surgical Hospitals only
Bill Time & Material:
This field is used only by sites using time & material line item
billing. Ambulatory Surgery Centers will generally be doing a global
bill.
- Generate quick code: If the
Preference to Auto generate quick code has been set, this field will
be displayed when new items are added to the dictionary. If a quick
code has not been set or if you would like to override the code that
has been entered in the field, click the button to have the system
generate a quick code.
- Click one of the following buttons:
To learn how to search, edit and activate/deactivate dictionary entries
and print a dictionary report, see
Editing
Dictionaries.