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Create an encounter.
Navigate to the Encounters Screen
Click on Encounters in the navigation bar.
The Encounters tab consists of different types of encounters:
Unbilled
Billed
Ready to be sent
All unbilled encounters will flow from the Electronic Health Record.
Select or Create an Encounter
You can either select an encounter icon in the Unbilled tab or select New Encounter to create the encounter manually.
When selecting New Encounter, search for a particular patient.
Enter the date of service, including place of service, provider, diagnosis codes, CPT codes, and other encounter details.
You can also click the Copy last encounter checkbox (located underneath the patient name) to quickly populate the encounter details from the patient's previous encounter.
Once you have completed the information, the next step is to finalize and send the claim.
If you choose to select an Existing Encounter, the information that was released from the EHR will appear. The encounter can be edited and saved prior to submitting a claim.
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