Files > SURGERY SITE PARAMETERS

name
SURGERY SITE PARAMETERS
number
133
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^SRO(133,
description
The Surgery Site Parameter file contains elements to the Surgery package that may be specific to each individual site.
Fields
#NameLocationTypeDetailsIndexDescription
.01site(+)0;1POINTER4BThis is the institution responsible for the Surgery service. If the facility is multi-divisional, there will be more than one entry in this file.
3mail code for anesthesia0;4FREE TEXTThis is the mail code for the Anesthesia service. It will be used to flag Anesthesiologists on the Anesthesia AMIS.
6cancel ivs0;7SET OF CODES0:NOT CANCEL
1:CANCEL
This field indicates the site's preference to allow or not allow current IV orders for a patient to be cancelled when a surgical or non-OR procedure begins. If this field is set to NOT CANCEL, IV orders will not be cancelled. If this field is set to CANCEL, upon entering the anesthesia care start time for a case, the user will be prompted to cancel or not cancel current IV orders if not more than 24 hours have passed since the start of the operation or procedure.
8latest 30-readmission report0;9FREE TEXTThis field contains the latest fiscal quarter for which the 30-day postoperative readmissions report has been transmitted to the VASQIP database.
9chief's name0;10FREE TEXTThis is the name of the Chief of Surgery. The name will be displayed on management reports.
10lock after how many days0;11NUMERICThis is the number of days a case can be edited, after completion, without needing the Chief of Surgery's approval.
11request deadline0;2FREE TEXTThis field is the time on the request cutoff day after which no requests can be made for a date. Your answer must be in a military time format with leading zeros. For example, a time of 7:00 AM MUST be entered in the format 07:00. The time 7:00 PM would be entered 19:00.
12or schedule devices1;0MULTIPLE133.012This contains all devices which will be used when the Schedule of Operations is printed.
13schedule close time0;12FREE TEXTThis field contains the time of day at which the surgery schedule for the following day is considered to be closed. Any scheduled cases canceled after this time will be included in computing the cancellation rate for the facility. The time entered in this field may be earlier than, but no later than, 15:00. Your answer must be in a military time format with leading zeros. For example, a time of 9:00 AM MUST be entered in the format 09:00. 15:00 is the default time for this field if no time is entered.
14version number0;3FREE TEXTThis field contains the current version number of the Surgery software.
15cardiac assessment in use(y/n)0;5BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This determines whether the Cardiac Risk Assessment Module is being used at this facility. If so, enter 'YES', if not enter 'NO'.
16latest case workload report0;13DATE-TIMEThis field contains the date (month/year) of the latest VASQIP monthly case workload report automatically tasked for transmission to the national database. This field is an uneditable field and is set automatically when the monthly case workload report is transmitted by way of the nightly task process.
17ask for risk preop info0;14BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Enter YES if the user should be prompted for risk assessment preoperative information when entering a new case and when updating a requested or scheduled case.
18updates to pce0;15SET OF CODESO:OUTPATIENT ONLY
A:ALL CASES
N:PCE NOT UPDATED
This indicates the site's preference for PCE updating. If this field contains O, PCE will be updated with outpatient case information only. If this field contains A, PCE will be updated information from all cases, both inpatient and outpatient. If this field contains N or is null, no PCE updating will occur.
18.5pce update activation date0;17DATE-TIMEThis is the earliest date of operation for which surgical cases may be filed with PCE. Surgical cases or non-OR procedures performed before this date will not be filed with PCE. If no date is entered, this parameter will be ignored.
19ask classification questions0;16BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This field indicates whether the patient service connected classification questions should be asked when entering a new case or when updating an existing case.
20request cutoff for sunday2;1SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:SATURDAY
2:FRIDAY
3:THURSDAY
4:WEDNESDAY
5:TUESDAY
6:MONDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Sunday scheduling. Enter '0' if Sunday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Sunday is Saturday.
21request cutoff for monday2;2SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:SUNDAY
2:SATURDAY
3:FRIDAY
4:THURSDAY
5:WEDNESDAY
6:TUESDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Monday scheduling. Enter '0' if Monday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Monday is Sunday.
22request cutoff for tuesday2;3SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:MONDAY
2:SUNDAY
3:SATURDAY
4:FRIDAY
5:THURSDAY
6:WEDNESDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Tuesday scheduling. Enter '0' if Tuesday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Tuesday is Monday.
23request cutoff for wednesday2;4SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:TUESDAY
2:MONDAY
3:SUNDAY
4:SATURDAY
5:FRIDAY
6:THURSDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Wednesday scheduling. Enter '0' if Wednesday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Wednesday is Tuesday
24request cutoff for thursday2;5SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:WEDNESDAY
2:TUESDAY
3:MONDAY
4:SUNDAY
5:SATURDAY
6:FRIDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Thursday scheduling. Enter '0' if Thursday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Thursday is Wednesday.
25request cutoff for friday2;6SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:THURSDAY
2:WEDNESDAY
3:TUESDAY
4:MONDAY
5:SUNDAY
6:SATURDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Friday scheduling. Enter '0' if Friday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the software will use Thursday as the request cutoff day for Friday.
26request cutoff for saturday2;7SET OF CODES0:SCHEDULING NOT ALLOWED
1:FRIDAY
2:THURSDAY
3:WEDNESDAY
4:TUESDAY
5:MONDAY
6:SUNDAY
Enter the day of the week on which the request deadline occurs for Saturday scheduling. Enter '0' if Saturday scheduling is not allowed. If no entry is made in this field, the package will assume the request cutoff day for Saturday is Friday.
27holiday scheduling allowed3;0MULTIPLE133.027 These are the holidays on which the scheduling of surgical cases will be allowed.
28required fields for scheduling4;0MULTIPLE133.028This contains the names of fields that must be entered prior to scheduling a requested procedure.
29nurse intraop report0;6SET OF CODES0:PRINT TITLES WITH INFO ONLY
1:PRINT ALL FIELD TITLES
This determines the format of the Nurse Intraoperative Report. Enter '1' if you want to list all field titles in the report regardless as to whether information has been entered for that field. If you want a shorter report, enter '0'. This format will print only those fields that have information entered. If nothing is entered for this parameter, the report will include all field titles.
30operation report format0;8SET OF CODES1:PRINT ALL FIELD TITLES
0:PRINT TITLES WITH INFO ONLY
This determines the format of the Operation Report. If you want to display all field titles on the report and 'N/A' for those fields that do not have information entered, select format '1'. If you only want to display field titles when information has been entered, select format '0'.
31vasqip 30 day follow-up letter5;0WORD-PROCESSINGThis field contains the text of the VASQIP 30-day follow-up letter to be printed and mailed to the patient approximately 30 days following surgery.
32latest quarterly report0;18FREE TEXTThis field contains the latest fiscal quarter for which the Quarterly Report has been transmitted to the Surgical Service, Headquarters, national database.
33surgical residents (y/n)0;19BOOLEAN0:NO
1:YES
This field indicates whether surgery may be performed by residents at this facility. Enter NO if all surgeons at this facility are staff surgeons. If this field is NO an attending surgeon will not be required by the PCE interface and cases with no attend code will be counted as Level 0 (Staff Alone) on the Quarterly Report.
34hl7 v. 1.5 compatible0;20BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
If applications communicating with the Surgery HL7 interface must use the interface designed for use with HL7 V. 1.5, enter YES. Otherwise, enter NO or leave this field blank.
35inactive?0;21BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
Enter YES to make this SURGERY SITE inactive and to prevent its selection and use by Surgery users.
36cpt copyright notice date6;0MULTIPLE133.036
37automated case cart ordering0;22BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This indicates whether the CoreFLS interface for Surgery is in use at this facility. If so, enter YES. Otherwise, enter NO or leave blank.
38cpt on nurse intraop.1;2SET OF CODES0:NO, DO NOT INCLUDE CPT
1:YES, INCLUDE CPT
If this field is set to YES, INCLUDE CPT, the principal CPT code will be required before electronic signature can be applied and the CPT code will be part of the report. If the field is null or set to NO, DO NOT INCLUDE CPT, the principal CPT code will not be required before electronic signature can be applied and the CPT code will not be part of the report.
39icd on nurse intraop.1;3SET OF CODES0:NO, DO NOT INCLUDE ICD
1:YES, INCLUDE ICD
If this field is set to YES, INCLUDE ICD, the principal diagnosis code will be required before electronic signature can be applied and the ICD code will be part of the report. If the field is null or set to NO, DO NOT INCLUDE ICD, the principal diagnosis code will not be required before electronic signature can be applied.
40anesthesia report in use.1;4BOOLEAN1:YES
0:NO
This YES/NO field determines if the Anesthesia Report should be created and electronically signed. Only if this field is marked YES will the functionality be invoked to create the Anesthesia Report for a case in TIU.
41default blood component7;1FREE TEXTThis field contains the default blood type used during surgery. If a certain type is used frequently, this field should be completed.
42default clinic for documents0;23POINTER44This non-count clinic is the default clinic for this division. It will be the location passed to TIU when Surgery documents are created if no other location can be identified.
43code issue mail group7;2POINTER3.8This is the name of the mail group that will receive all coding issue messages sent by the Risk Assessment Nurse Reviewer. When the Non-Cardiac and Cardiac Risk Assessment option Alert Coder Regarding Coding Issues is used, a mail message is sent to the person that coded the Surgery case and the mail group identified in this field.
44kidney transplants assessed8;1BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This determines whether Kidney Transplants are performed and assessed at this facility. If so, enter 'YES', if not enter 'NO'. Answer YES if transplants are done at an affiliated non-VA medical center, but assessed by the Transplant Coordinator at this facility.
45liver transplants assessed8;2BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This determines whether Liver Transplants are performed and assessed at this facility. If so, enter 'YES', if not enter 'NO'. Answer YES if transplants are done at an affiliated non-VA medical center, but assessed by the Transplant Coordinator at this facility.
46lung transplants assessed8;3BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This determines whether Lung Transplants are performed and assessed at this facility. If so, enter 'YES', if not enter 'NO'. Answer YES if transplants are done at an affiliated non-VA medical center, but assessed by the Transplant Coordinator at this facility.
47heart transplants assessed8;4BOOLEANY:YES
N:NO
This determines whether Heart Transplants are performed and assessed at this facility. If so, enter 'YES', if not enter 'NO'. Answer YES if transplants are done at an affiliated non-VA medical center, but assessed by the Transplant Coordinator at this facility.

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