PAT_ENC_DISP
Description:
The PAT_ENC_DISP table contains information from the Follow-up action on the Visit Navigator tab for the ambulatory clinical system. This information specifies how and when a patient and provider should follow up with each other after an encounter. This table also contains information about the level of service (LOS) associated with the encounter.

Primary Key
Column Name Ordinal Position
PAT_ENC_CSN_ID 1

Column Information
Name Type Discontinued?
1 PAT_ENC_DATE_REAL FLOAT No
A unique, internal contact date in decimal format. The integer portion of the number indicates the date of the contact. The digits after the decimal distinguish different contacts on the same date and are unique for each contact on that date. For example, .00 is the first/only contact, .01 is the second contact, etc.
2 CONTACT_DATE DATETIME No
The date of this contact in calendar format.
3 PAT_ENC_CSN_ID NUMERIC No
The unique contact serial number for this contact. This number is unique across all patient encounters in your system. If you use IntraConnect, this is the Unique Contact Identifier (UCI).
4 DX_FOLLOWUP_C_NAME VARCHAR No
This column typically stores special instructions that the lab should follow when processing this patient's lab orders. However, some organizations choose to store other information in this column.
May contain organization-specific values: Yes
5 ORDER_INSTR_C_NAME VARCHAR No
This column typically stores the method of follow-up used to communicate order results with the patient. However, some organizations choose to store other information in this column.
May contain organization-specific values: Yes
6 LOS_DROPPED_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The category number that indicates whether the Level of Service was dropped for this encounter. The category value will be equal to "pending" only while it is in the orders queue.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Yes
No
Pending
7 LOS_AUTH_PROV_ID VARCHAR No
The authorizing provider as entered from the Level of Service option in the Visit Navigator
8 LOS_TRIG_ERR_YN VARCHAR No
Whether or not there was an LOS trigger error when dropping the charge.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Yes
No
9 LOS_NEW_OR_EST_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The category number that indicates whether the patient is a new (first time being seen) or established patient.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
New
Established
10 LOS_HX_LEVEL_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The category number for how extensively the patient's history was discussed as entered in the Level of Service calculator.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed
Comprehensive
11 LOS_EXAM_LEVEL_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The category number for the extent of the exam as entered in the Level of Service calculator.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Problem Focused
Expanded Problem Focused
Detailed
Comprehensive
12 LOS_MDM_LEVEL_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The category number for the complexity of the medical decision-making in this encounter as entered in the Level of Service calculator.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Straightforward
Low Complexity
Moderate Complexity
High Complexity
13 LOS_NO_CHG_RSN_C_NAME VARCHAR No
The reason that a charge was not triggered for a level of service. This item being populated does not imply any issues with system integrity or system build; it will be set both for legitimate reasons that a charge was not triggered as well as non-legitimate reasons.
May contain organization-specific values: No
Category Entries:
Unspecified reason
Charge Ready to Trigger flag not set
Order Instructions set to not trigger charges
Procedure not specified
Order class set to not trigger charges
Charge triggering disabled at resulting lab
Charge filtered through discrimination programming point
No charge triggering method specified
Order is canceled
Holding until close encounter
Patient not specified
Visit not specified
Invalid LCM build
Charge trigger failed to execute
Non-chargeable external result
Orders in transmittal
14 LOS_SERV_PROV_ID VARCHAR No
Servicing Provider for Physician LOS Charge