Visits
Watch this short video for a walkthrough of how to use this metric:
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This metric includes the following data points:
The Bar Chart shows the Scheduled Visits, Incomplete Visits, and Completed Visits.
Total visits display all visit types
Restorative visits display visits specific to doctor production, including all Restorative and Specialty Procedures codes with the exception of D4341, D4342 and D4910.
Hygiene visits display visits specific to hygiene production. Its important to understand that this does not require the visit to be scheduled with a hygienist. These visits are identified by the ADA Procedure Codes D1110, D1120, D4341, D4342 and D4910.
Uncategorized visits are visits that have been scheduled without an ADA Procedure Code, and visits with only Adjunctive Non-Clinical Procedures and or Non-ADA Recognized Procedures. Dental Intelligence uses the CDT/ADA updated Procedure Codes
Data Trends
Metric Details
Why is this Important?
Patient Visits is one of the baseline metrics. In order to consistently maintain and grow, monitoring the number of patients that are seen and will be seen in your practice for a specified period of time is critical to your success.
Related Resources
The following resources will give you a more in-depth explanation on how to use the Performance Board: