Deduction Transactions DEF

An incoming Deduction Transaction(DEF) from the TP means that the patient has transferred out (for example, registered with another practice, or died) and is being deducted from the practice list. The practice is reminded to send the medical records back to the TP (see Medical Records Transactions MRF/MRS).

Only your TP can deduct an active patient. You cannot actively transfer out a patient by changing the registration status to transferred out. You can, however:

• Make a request for a deduction within Registration if you know the patient has died, moved away or embarked. This generates a Deduction Request Transactions, to which the TP responds with a Deduction Transaction (if not rejected).
• In extraordinary circumstances, you can use Registration - Security - Deduct Patient, see Troubleshooting in Registration Links for details.

Newly transmitted Deduction Transactions can be viewed in Incoming Transactions, see Incoming Deduction for details. A list of deductions requested by the TP can be printed out from Reports .

A list of Deduction reasons and their codes is given later - see Deduction reason.