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Add an Allergy Reaction and Severity

You can document an allergy reaction and severity for the allergy. Reaction-severity details appear wherever allergies display. Although allergy reactions and severities are SNOMED® codified, you can create user-defined reactions but not user-defined severities. Contact your system administrator for more information. From the Medication Allergies module, in the Reactions section, select Add. The Add Reaction (Severity) window opens. Reactions marked as common list first. Begin typing the name of a reaction or scroll through the list of reactions, and then select a reaction. Unknown is located at the top of the Common Reactions list. Specify a severity of the reaction. Select Add. The allergy reaction and severity appear in the Reactions section. You can add up to five allergy reaction and severity. The allergy reaction and severity also appear in the medication allergies grid. Select OK. Parent topic: Add a Medication Allergy to a Patient Chart

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Edit an Allergy Reaction and Severity

From the Medication Allergies module > Reactions section, select a reaction, and then select Edit. The Edit Reaction Severities window opens. Select a reaction, and then select a different severity. Note: Alert messages do not appear when you are updating the reaction severity. If the provider does not select a new severity value, the patient’s chart retains its current value. If necessary, select another reaction, and change its severity. An alert icon (asterisk) displays next to the allergy that contains the non-supported severity or hidden values. If applicable, select a new severity value for the unsupported severity. Select Cancel if you do not want to update to the new supported severity values. Note: The existing unsupported severity values are retained in the patient’s chart. However, they are mapped to the supported values while exporting to the C-CDA. Select OK to return to the Medication Allergies module. Select Update to save the changes. Parent topic: Add a Medication Alle

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Add a Medication Allergy to a Patient Chart

Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the Medication Allergies module for the selected patient. If the patient has any existing allergies, select Clear. The values in all the fields are cleared. Note: Clearing the fields prevents you from editing an existing allergy. To search and filter an allergy, do the following: Select the search icon next to Allergy. The NextGen - Allergy Selection window opens. Allergy Selection Select one of the following filters from the Filter list: Contains Searches for allergies that contain with the search criteria. Ends With Searches for allergies that end with the search criteria. Ingredient Searches from the list of drug ingredients, such as Iodine or Bentonite. Medication Name searches from the list of medication allergies, such as cefazolin with codeine. Allergen Group Searches from the list of allergens, such as lithium derivatives or ester type anesthetics. In Description, enter the search criteria, such as the name or partial name of the medication al

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Update Medication Allergy

You can update a medication allergy in the patient's chart. If the encounter is locked, you do not have to unlock the encounter or create a duplicate allergy entry. If the encounter is locked, you can update the Intolerance, Criticality, Severity, Reactions, Add Additional Reaction, Onset of Symptoms Date, Resolved Date, and Allergy Comments fields. The following buttons are enabled: Update, Interactions, and Reconcile. Open the Medication Allergies module. Select an allergy. Enter the changes to the available information. Select Update. Parent topic: Medication Allergies Module

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View Patient's Medication Allergies

Before you begin You must ensure that you have the View access right enabled in MODULES > Medical Records > Medications Allergies in System Administrator. For more information on user access rights, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the latest System Administrator Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. You can view a quick list of the patient's active medication allergies to identify potential adverse drug reactions. You can also open the Medication Allergies module to add or update the patient's allergies. A total count of the patient's active allergies appears on the Allergies button on the Quick Buttons panel. Note: The icon indicates that the patient account does not have any active allergies records and the No Known Allergies check box in Medication Allergies is not selected. The icon indicates that the patient does not have any active allergies and the No Known Allergies check box in Medication Allergies is selected. For more information on the Medication Allergies m

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Resolved Allergies and No Known Allergies Indicator

The Medication Allergies module grid displays only active allergies by default. If you select the Include Resolved Allergies check box, the Medication Allergies module grid displays active and resolved allergies. The Medication Allergies module also displays the No Known Allergies check box when the selected patient has no unresolved allergies in the patient chart. When a new allergy is added, the No Known Allergies check box is automatically unavailable. When a currently active allergy is resolved and there are no other active unresolved allergies listed for the patient, the indicator is reset, and the check box is available. Parent topic: Medication Allergies Module

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