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Use AMA Short Description
The hospital narrative description
of a charge should describe as clearly as possible the actual clinical
service or item provided. The service description should also capture
the intent of the CPT® code being billed to the payer for that service
or item.
If required, you can
replace the current hospital descriptor with the AMA Short Descriptor
(described in more detail here).
To
replace the description
- Right-click on the Service Description field for the relevant
charge item. A pop up menu appears.
- Choose Use AMA Short.
from the menu.
The
software replaces the current service description with the AMA short description.
If
you do not need to view the short descriptor before using it as a replacement,
you can use a shortcut key to automatically replace the verbiage while
the cursor is in the service description field: Shift+Ctrl+A.
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