Admission and discharge (Field mode)

Clinicians can admit and discharge patients in Field mode using Field mode status codes. With these codes, you can enter clinical information for an admitted patient, such as billable visits, care plan, assessments, and other. However, no pay source entry is required or permitted in Field mode.

If the Allow pre-admission orders check box is selected in Administration>Business Units>Settings>Orders Settings), you can add the preadmission patient in Field mode indicating the preadmission date in the Anticipated Admission Date field (Patient>General>Admission & Status). If a payer is assigned to the preadmission patient, you can then generate, print, and sign patient orders.

The application does not process claims with Field mode status codes. A special Field Status Review function is available in Host mode (Claims>Process>Field Status Review). It lists patients with the Field mode status codes. Administrative staff uses this function to view and change the status entries. Each Field mode status code must be replaced with the equivalent standard Host mode status code in the Admissions & Status window. The claim can be processed when the pay source information is entered and the status code is changed.