Adding Planned Procedures
Before you begin
When recording an operation within the Surgical Audit Tool, a facility is provided for creating a list of planned procedures. Procedures can be obtained from a predefined Medicare MBS Item list or from a custom procedures list. Adding procedures from these lists is explained as follows.
Procedure
- Ensure you have commenced creating or editing an operation.
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Select the Admission Tab on the Surgical Audit Tool window.
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Click Add Planned Procedure. The Search for a Procedure window appears.
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To search for a procedure either:
- Enter the associated MBS Item number (44 is used in the preceding example), or
- Type a description. As you begin to type, the search is conducted, with matching results being displayed on-the-fly.
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(Optional) It is possible to add user-defined procedures. To do this:
- At the previous window, click Add User Defined Item.The optional Search for a Procedure window appears.
- Enter a custom code and description for your procedure item. The code must consist of 5 alpha-numeric characters.
- At the previous window, click Add User Defined Item.The optional Search for a Procedure window appears.
- Click OK to confirm your entry. Your procedure item will be added to the Planned Procedures list.