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ICD Legacy Mapping

ICD Legacy Mapping enables you to view ICD-10 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) codes for an ICD-9 code. These code mappings are drawn from the ICD-9-to-ICD-10 xref table supplied by Health Language, Inc. (HLI), a third party content provider.

The diagnosis search window may be set up to launch in the ICD Legacy Mapping mode, or you can select an option for this mode on the window.

  1. Enter the ICD-9 code in the text box at the top of the diagnosis search window.
  2. Select ICD Legacy Mapping in the left pane.
  3. Select Search, or select the Enter key.
    The search results grid displays each unique ICD-10 code mapped to the ICD-9 code, which is shown in the Legacy Icd Code column.

  4. Right-click a row to display the following menu commands:
    • Add to Favorite Group > Favorites group folder. Enables you to add the diagnosis to the selected Favorites group folder.

      As an alternative, you can select and drag a diagnosis to a Favorites group folder.

    • View/AddSynonyms. Enables you to view, select, add, or delete the alias descriptions for each ICD code.
  5. To close the diagnosis search window without making a selection, select Cancel.
  6. To select a diagnosis, double-click the result row you want, or select the row and select Select.
    The ICD-10 code is automatically entered in the template field assigned that value. The diagnosis search window closes.
  7. To select a diagnosis if ICD Legacy Mapping is preset by the trigger, do the following:
    1. See You can configure the columns that are displayed and their order.
      If you launch this diagnosis search window in ICD Legacy Mapping mode, it displays the ICD-9 code that was passed in and maps the corresponding ICD-10 codes.
    2. Continue by following steps 4-6 in the section above.