The Encounter Details Edit dialog is used to capture the details about the encounter. There are three characteristics of an encounter that uniquely identify an Encounter and TFM requires these fields to be set before entering the other Encounter information.
There are three ways to access this dialog.
The Encounter Details section contains many optional data fields. A provider can fill-in the fields that are required by the payer on a case-by-case basis.
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| Chief Complaint | short explanation |
| Accident Hour | enter time |
| Accident State | select state |
| Session Size | number of people in the group |
| Symptom Onset Date | date |
| First Consult Date | date |
| Injury Flag | |
| Location Code | select from the popup list |
| Program Code | |
| Referring Provider | select from the popup; providers are defined under configuration menu |
| Facility | select from the popup; facilities are defined under configuration menu |
| Accident Date | date |
| Admission Date | date |
| Discharge Date | date |
| Referral Date | date |
| Emergency Flag | flag |
| Related to Auto Injury | flag |
| Related to Employment | flag |
| Related to Other | flag |
| Total Disability Date From | date |
| Total Disability Date To | date |
There is also a Note field that is free form text entry. The note field gives you a place to enter any information you choose to enter that might relate to the specific encounter.
If the Save button is selected and the Scheduler has been licensed in this version of TreFre Medical, the user is provided the option to mark any of the patient's appointments as closed. If there was an appointment created on the same date as the encounter date, for convenience, that appointment is automatically marked as closed, saved to the TFM database, and this dialog is not displayed. Otherwise, all of the patient's appointments are listed and displayed in a pulldown list for selection. The following dialog displays the appointment list:
