The Patient Referral serves two functions. First, you can use this field to maintain the Referral Source Code or enter by manually typing the Referral source describing how the patient was referred to this practice. Or, you can use this field to maintain the Referral Source Code where the patient is being referred to. Referrals facilitate Charge Entry.
Notes:
You can view and maintain the Patient Referral during Patient Entry at the Demographics Window.
You can maintain Referral Source Codes during Referral Maintenance.
Format: up to 10 characters