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Admin Theatre Surgery Types
Surgery Types classify the procedures performed in the operating theatre — for example, Major Surgery, Minor Surgery, Emergency Surgery, Endoscopy, or Cath Lab Procedure. These types are used when recording surgeries on a patient BHT, grouping surgery bills in reports, and filtering in the surgery count and cost estimation reports.
- Adding a new category of surgery before it is used in theatre
- Renaming an existing surgery type to match updated clinical terminology
- Removing an obsolete surgery type that is no longer performed
InwardAdministration
- Click Administration in the main menu
- Click Manage Inpatient Services
- Select Surgery Types
The Surgery Types list shows all active (non-retired) types.
- Click Add New to clear the form
- Fill in the fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The surgery type name as it will appear in dropdowns and reports, e.g., "Major Surgery", "Emergency", "Cath Lab" |
| Code | Optional short identifier, e.g., "MAJ", "EMER" |
| Description | Optional additional notes |
- Click Save — a success message confirms the record was created
- The new type appears in the list and is immediately available in the Surgery Workbench
- Find the type in the list and click on it to load it into the form
- Modify the name, code, or description
- Click Save — the change takes effect immediately across the system
Use the search field to filter the list by name. The list updates as you type.
- Select the type in the list
- Click Delete
- Confirm the action — the type is soft-deleted (retired) and removed from active selection
Important: Retiring a surgery type does not affect historical records. Past surgeries categorised under that type remain unchanged and still appear in reports for their recorded period.
Surgery Types and Surgery Names (clinical procedures) are different things:
| Surgery Type | Surgery Name (Procedure) | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples | Major Surgery, Minor Surgery, Emergency | Appendicectomy, Total Knee Replacement, Colonoscopy |
| Purpose | Broad classification for grouping and reporting | Specific procedure recorded on the BHT |
| Managed In | Surgery Types admin screen | Surgeries / Clinical Procedures catalogue |
| Used For | Surgery count by type reports | Surgery workbench procedure selection |
To manage the individual procedure catalogue (surgery names), see Admin — Surgery Types and Clinical Procedures.
- Keep surgery types broad and clinically meaningful — they are used for management reporting, not per-procedure billing
- Align type names with how your hospital classifies procedures in theatre registers (e.g., Major/Minor/Intermediate is a common classification)
- Limit the number of types to what is needed for meaningful reporting — too many categories fragment reports unnecessarily
- Admin — Surgery Types and Clinical Procedures — The individual procedure catalogue
- Theatre Reports Overview — Surgery Count by Type report uses these categories
- Theatre — Adding a Surgery — Where types are selected
- Theatre Management Module Overview