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Theatre Surgery Search

Dr M H B Ariyaratne edited this page May 22, 2026 · 1 revision

Theatre — Surgery Bill Search

Overview

The Surgery Search screen allows theatre staff and supervisors to find, review, and manage surgery bills using a range of search filters. Results show the full surgery summary including patient, doctor, BHT, and billing totals. Bills can be opened in the Surgery Workbench, cancelled (if allowed), or exported to Excel.

When to Use

  • Looking up a specific patient's surgery bill
  • Reviewing surgeries performed by a particular doctor on a date range
  • Verifying surgery billing totals for reconciliation
  • Cancelling a surgery bill (with appropriate authority)
  • Exporting surgery data for external reporting

Required Privilege

TheatreBilling

Navigating to Surgery Search

  1. Click Theatre in the main menu
  2. Click Search
  3. The surgery search page opens with filter fields at the top

Search Filters

Enter one or more filters and click Search:

Filter Description
From Date / To Date Date range for surgery bills (with time)
Search All Checkbox — when ticked, ignores the date range and searches all records
Bill No Exact or partial surgery bill number
BHT No Patient's Bed Head Ticket number
Surgery Name Type to search by procedure name (autocomplete available)
Performed Doctor Name Filter by the operating surgeon's name
Patient Name Full or partial patient name
Patient Phone Patient's phone number
Total Filter by exact bill total amount

You can combine multiple filters for a more precise search. Leaving all filters blank and clicking Search returns all records within the date range.

Search Results Table

Results are displayed in a table with the following columns:

Column Description
Bill No Surgery bill number
BHT No Patient's admission number
Room No Ward/room where the patient was admitted
Surgery Name Procedure performed
Doctor Name Primary operating surgeon
Doctor Speciality Surgeon's speciality
Patient Name Patient's full name
Surgery Value Total of theatre charges for this surgery
BHT Value Total inpatient bill value for the admission
Prepared At Date and time the surgery bill was created
Prepared By System user who created the bill

Cancelled bills are shown with the cancellation date and the name of the user who cancelled it displayed in red.

Actions on Search Results

View a Surgery

Click the View button next to any result to open that surgery in the Surgery Workbench — from there you can review all charges, add additional items (if the admission is not finalised), or navigate to clinical details.

Cancel a Surgery Bill

Click the Cancel button next to a bill to begin the cancellation process. Cancellation is only available for active (non-cancelled) bills.

Note: A surgery bill can only be cancelled if all child bills (service bills, pharmacy bills, professional fee bills) have been cancelled first. The system will prevent cancellation if blocking bills exist.

Exporting Results

Click the Excel button to export the current search results to a spreadsheet. The exported file includes all visible columns and is useful for off-system reporting or audit purposes.

Best Practices

  • Use the Date Range filter when doing routine checks — searching all records can be slow for large datasets
  • Use Bill No or BHT No when you have the reference number — this gives an exact match quickly
  • Use the Search All checkbox only when you specifically need to find records outside a date range
  • After cancelling a bill, verify in the search results that the status shows as Cancelled before proceeding with any corrections

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