Appointment Visit Types Extended Information Maintenance

Use Appointment Visit Types Extended Information Maintenance to maintain additional information associated with the Appointment Visit Type.  Use this maintenance to maintain visit information to automatically enter as much of the patient encounter as possible.  This includes intake questions, narratives, complaints, plans and procedures associated with the Type of Appointment Visit, if applicable.  

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

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• Opening Appointment Visit Types Extended Information Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click File Maintenance from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Miscellaneous Maintenance.

  3.  Click Appointment Visit Types.

  4.  Click Additional from the Appointment Visit Types Maintenance Menu Bar.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [m] [i] [a] [ALT + a] [e].

   

  Appointment Visit Types Extended Information Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Appointment Visit Type Extended Information Record, click More.

   

  To create a new record:

   

  Appointment Visit Type Extended Information Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Appointment Visit Type ID	To accept the defined Appointment Visit Type, press [TAB].  Or enter another defined Appointment Visit Type ID. (up to 10 characters)
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing Appointment Visit Type Extended Records, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Appointment Visit Type Extended Records, enter the Appointment Visit Type ID and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + t]
  Narrative	Enter a brief message that summarizes the particulars of the appointment type. (up to 100 characters)
  Chief Complaint	Enter the typical chief complaints for the type of appointment visit. (up to 100 characters per line, up to 4 lines)
  Assessment	Enter the assessments for the type of appointment visit. (up to 100 characters per line, up to 6 lines)
  Diagnosis	Enter the diagnosis codes that are associated with the type of appointment, if applicable. (up to 9 characters) Tip: To search for a Diagnosis Code, click Search or press [CTRL + f].
  Plans	Enter the plans that are associated with the type of appointment, if applicable. (up to 50 characters per line, 10 lines)
  Procedures	Enter the diagnosis codes that are associated with the type of appointment, if applicable. (up to 9 characters) Tip: To search for a Procedure Code, click Search or press [CTRL + f].
  Intake Questions	Enter intake questions associated with the type of appointment, if applicable. (up to 20 characters)
  Images	Note: Images are reserved for future use.

   

• Editing an Existing Appointment Visit Type Extended Information Record, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Appointment Visit Type ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  
  Tip:  If you do not know the Appointment Visit Type ID, you can click Search  to see a list of Appointment Visit Type Extended Records.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an Existing Appointment Visit Type Extended Information Record, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Appointment Visit Type ID and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Appointment Visit Type ID, you can click Search  to see a list of Appointment Visit Type Extended Records.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note: After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.