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## Adding or Editing Charges for a Patient

Any user can add charges for a patient; however, administrators can also edit existing transactions for patients and add or modify charges. You enter charges for a patient in the Charge Details screen. How you access the Charge Details screen varies according to your PAT Access Level .

To add a charge for a patient, do as follows:

1. Select the patient for whom you want to add a charge.

- For health care providers, you do this by choosing the patient from the Select Patient pull-down list and then clicking on the New Charge button to bring up the Charge Details screen.
- For administrators, you select a specific patient from the Add Charges pull-down list to add a new charge. To modify an existing charge for a particular patient, click the Edit button for that patient.

2. From the Charge Details screen that appears, add a new charge (or modify an existing charge) by using the buttons provided.

1. Specify the Service Date for the charge.
2. Select the Billing Area from the pull-down list to specify the area in which the charge should be added. This is especially important if you are able to bill against more than one department.
3. Select the Service Site from the pull-down list to indicate where the procedure took place.
4. Click the Add button on the Charges row and select one or more charge codes from the list that appears. Then, click the OK button and the Charge Details screen will be updated to contain the procedure information.
5. Click the Search button on the Charges row to search for the charge code from the complete list of CPT4 codes, by entering a partial description or code. Select the code from the list that appears and click the OK button to update the Charge Details screen with the selected procedure.

3. Add diagnoses for the transaction by clicking on the Add button on the Diagnoses row and selecting one or more from the list that appears. Then, click the OK button and the Charge Details screen will be updated with the diagnoses information.

1. To select diagnoses that were recently used, click the Existing button and a list will appear for you to choose from.
2. To search for a diagnosis from the complete list of ICD-9 codes using a partial code or description, click the Search button.

### Saving a Charge as a Draft

### Sending the Charge to the Holding Bin