New Procedure Macro

Follow these steps to create a procedure macro:

1. On the Settings menu, click Procedures Macros. This opens the Find Procedure Macro task or (browser). Click the New button on the Task Button Bar of the browser to add a new procedure macro. This opens the New Procedure Macro task.

2. Enter the following information:

Name: Enter a unique name for the new procedure macro. Limit the name to a single word, if possible.
Description: Enter a short description that best describes the procedure macro.
You will notice that there is an "Active" checkbox to the right of the Name box. This means that once the Procedure Macro has been created and saved; it will remain active until a user manually clears the box. Once the box is cleared, the Procedure Macro will no longer be accessible. To switch back to "Active" status, simply check the box.

3. Tab to the "Procedure" column, and enter the first procedure code to be used for this procedure macro.

4. Tab to the "Mod 1" column and enter the first modifier code that is associated with the procedure, if applicable. If there is more than one modifier to be added to this procedure, tab to the appropriate columns and add the additional modifier codes.

5. Tab to the "Units" column and add the total units for this procedure.

6. Tab to the "Diag 1" column and enter the first diagnosis that is associated with the procedure. If there is more than one diagnosis to be added to the procedure, tab to the appropriate columns and add the additional diagnosis codes.

7. Tab to the "Procedures" column of the next line item and repeat the above steps to add any additional procedures to this macro.

8. When you finish adding the new procedure macro, click the Save button; or to exit the task without saving the new macro, click Cancel.