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Update Clinical Name for Orders LOINC Code Master File

NextGen® Enterprise EHR supports LOINC Codes. This set of codes comes loaded in your database when you install NextGen® Enterprise EHR. You cannot add a new LOINC Code. You cannot change the Component name. You cannot hide (delete) a LOINC code. You can update the Clinical Name associated with the LOINC Code. Select File Maintenance > Master Files > System > LOINC. Enter part of the Component Name. Select to highlight the desired component. Select in the Clinical Name field. Enter the updated Clinical Name. Select Save to update the Clinical Name for this LOINC code. Note: When you update the Clinical Name, be sure to run the appropriate SQL script in order to update the existing results. Parent topic: Orders Setup and Maintenance

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LOINC Support and Results Grouping

The Orders module supports the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes universal coding for test results (known as LOINC®) . This feature allows you to see test results for the same type of test on the same line even if the tests were performed at two different labs. By way of example, if one lab says "White Blood Count" in the results message and one returns "WBC" in the results message, the LOINC system has a standard ID for test result components that brings them together on the same line in the Results flow sheet. Important: When viewing results in the Orders module on the results flowsheet, they are grouped per a user defined preference: Lab Short description,Lab Long description or NextGen description. If results are grouped by NextGen description, the result names can be either the clinical name, the consumer name or the long common name. When the NextGen description is used, then what name gets used to group the results is determined by the following rules: 1) Does the

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LOINC Codes Data Set

The LOINC™ Codes data set displays a list of Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) codes associated with Procedure codes. The LOINC code is required for Quality Reporting. The LOINC Codes data set enables you to review which codes require LOINC code and allows you to add new procedure codes to associate with the LOINC code. Note: You need to import LOINC codes using the Orders Management Console accessed through the application launcher. For more information on how to import LOINC codes, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In run-time template, order a procedure that you have associated with the LOINC code. In the Order Management template, when you indicate the status of the order such as Performed, Obtained, and so on, then the LOINC code is saved to a hidden field. Associate LOINC Code with Procedure Code Edit LOINC Codes Data Set Items Remove LOINC Codes Data Set Items Parent topi

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Display Similar Tests Together on the Results Flow Sheet

Run the Orders Management Console and load the LOINC codes. For details on loading the LOINC codes, For details on loading the LOINC codes, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest Orders Module Setup Guide for NextGen Enterprise EHR. To display the description of the test differently from the LOINC description , complete the following steps: From File Maintenance select System > LOINC, and select Component to focus on it. In the LOINC Code List window, enter the name of a Component in the Loinc Code List Search field. Select the desired item in the list and add the Clinical Name to the LOINC Code record for the test in the LOINC Code window. Continue with "Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor". Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor Map Vendor Test Codes to the Same NextGen Code for Each Test Order Code Parent topic: LOINC Support and Results Grouping Related tasks Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor

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Define LOINC Codes for Order Components for Each Vendor

From File Maintenance, use Order Components to define a component and related LOINC Code for each vendor that you use. For example, Labcorp has a glucose component, Orchard has a glucose component, and Quest Diagnostics has a glucose component. Load LOINC codes and define the test clinical name. To define the LOINC Code for an Order Component, from File Maintenance, select System > Order Components. In the Order Components List, enter the name of a Component Desc. in the Order Components List Search field, and select the desired item in the list that appears. The Add/Modify Order Component Information window opens. Select the folder in the Loinc Code section. The Map LOINC Code to Component window opens. Enter the test order name, and then select the desired LOINC code to add it to the Included section and map this code to the test component. Select OK. Repeat these steps for each vendor's result component to be grouped in the Results flow sheet, using the same LOINC code. Note: Note t

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Add LOINC Codes to Order Components

Select File Maintenance > System > Order Components. Select Open Menu , and then New to create a component, or select an existing component to open it. Select the Folder button. In the Available field, search on a Code or Clinical Name for the component. Select the correct code to highlight it. Select the right-arrow to add it to the Included list. Select OK to save the value. Parent topic: Order Components Master File

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