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Integrations
Extend the functionality of Bluechip by integrating other applications or services.
Day Surgery
Day Surgery can be used as a stand-alone application or together with Bluechip to manage specialist surgeries and day hospitals.
About Day Surgery Price Lists within Bluechip
Accommodation and Theatre Banding

Integrations
Extend the functionality of Bluechip by integrating other applications or services.
- Day Surgery
  Day Surgery can be used as a stand-alone application or together with Bluechip to manage specialist surgeries and day hospitals.
  - Why a Day Surgery Module?
  - Installing Day Surgery
    Day Surgery module can be used as a stand-alone application.
  - Installing Day Surgery with Bluechip
    The Day Surgery module can be used in conjunction with Bluechip.
  - About Day Surgery Price Lists within Bluechip
  - Creating the Day Surgery Service Item List within Bluechip
  - Copying Service Item Lists
  - Creating an Episode for a New Patient
  - Creating an Episode for an Existing Patient
  - Reopening an Episode
  - Reopening an Episode – Billing
  - Completion of the Episode – Diagnoses Tab
  - Completion of the Episode – Ext Causes
  - Completion of the Episode - Procedures
    The Procedures tab allows entry of the procedures actually performed by the Day Surgery to be used for reporting purposes to the relevant governing body.
  - Completion of the Episode – Notes
  - Exporting for Reporting Purposes
  - Appendix A – Non MBS Items
  - Appendix B – Termination of Pregnancy (WA Only)
  - Appendix C – Financial Tab (VIC only)
    The Financial Tab only appears in the Victorian version of Day Surgery to meet that state's data collection requirements.
  - Appendix D – Drugs Tab
  - Appendix E - Other (VIC only)
    The Other tab is applicable for the Victorian version of Day Surgery as part of their reporting process.
  - Appendix F – Advanced Options
  - Appendix G – Cancer Registry (NSW Only)
  - Appendix H – Miscellaneous
- Clinical
  From Bluechip 2.5, practices that use Bluechip with Clinical will be able to take advantage of enhanced connectivity between the two applications.
- Surgical Partners
  Integrate Bluechip with Surgical Partners' Integration platform to assist with finances and billing.
- Endoscribe
- Scribes

Accommodation and Theatre Banding

There are four levels of accommodation and theatre banding, provided to the Centre by the individual health fund.

ACC1: Band 1, being minor surgical and non-surgical procedures normally not requiring any anaesthetic.

ACC2: Local anaesthetic.

ACC3: Band 3, carried out under general, regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation. Theatre time < 1 hour.

ACC4: Band 4, as defined above. Theatre time > 1 hour.

ACC1A: Type C procedure (An individual contract may stipulate a different rate for type C procedures; and not all practices will use them)

Practices who qualify for the second > tier price structure are required to add the letter 'D' at the end of each item number (e.g. ACC1D, ACC2D, ACC3D). The 'D' triggers a change in the way the hospital claim form prints.

Rule 1: Day Surgery (DS) recognises codes with 'ACC' as accommodation based items

Rule 2: There is only one accommodation band per visit. If two or more theatre procedures are charged, then the accommodation code for the highest theatre band is used.

Rule 3: Case-based payment or episodic payments are bundled items. The amount charged includes costs for both procedure and accommodation and always end in with a 'C' (e.g. 42702C or 32093C). The 'C' identifies that it is case-based.