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Add a New Procedure Details

You can enter additional procedure details when needed in a patient record using the Procedure panel.

  1. Select Site and select a procedure site from the list.
    A list of procedure categories opens.
  2. Select a procedure category from the list.
    A list of procedures opens.
  3. Select a type of procedure from the list.
  4. Select Pre Procedure Diagnosis to open the diagnosis search window and select a diagnosis.
    The selected diagnosis and the associated code appear in the Pre Procedure Diagnosis field and Code field respectively.
  5. Select the Indication link to start the Procedure indications template.
    Procedure indications

    The pretexts for the indications appear in the Pretext grid.

  6. Select a pre-text from the Pretext grid.
    The selected value appears in the Pretext field above the grid and associated indications appear in the Indication grid.
  7. Select an indication(s) from the Indication grid.
    An asterisk (*) appears to the left of the selected pre-text and indication values.

    The selected pre-text and indication values appear in the Procedure Indications grid.

    Procedure indications

  8. To add more indications, select any other value(s) in the Indication grid.
  9. Select Save & Close.
    The procedure indications appear in the Indication field.

    The Clear button clears the data from all the fields in this panel.

  10. Select Add/Update.
    The documented procedure details appear in the grid.

    You can document only six procedures in the Procedure panel. If you attempt to exceed six procedures, an alert message appears.

Add a New Procedure Details