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Updating a diagnosis
1
A diagnosis may
also be updated
through the Patient
Diagnosis on the
Activities menu.
Any diagnostic history for this patient displays in the dialog box.
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Previous diagnostic history displays in gray.
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Previous tentative diagnoses display in green.
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New entries (tentative, final or ruled out) display in black.
2
On the diagnosis, select the status from the drop-down box.
3
If you update the status to final, you are prompted to update the diagnosis.
Choose Yes. The Final diagnosis appears with the current date and the
Tentative diagnosis displays in gray.
Results
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If the diagnostic code was flagged for reminders, the diagnosis appears on the
Reminder Report when printed for Flagged Diagnoses. If the diagnostic code
was not flagged for reminders, the diagnosis appears on the Reminder Report
only if the report is printed for All Diagnoses.
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When you choose Next, the Exam Wizard - Treatment List appears giving you
the opportunity to view, add and/or modify the treatment information for this
patient.
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The diagnostic code appears in the patient's medical history.
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