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Add a Chief Complaint

You can add up to six chief complaints. If the patient has complaints that were not captured on Intake, you can add them on Billable Visit.

  1. Click on a blank HPI # link.
    The first of a series of picklists opens.
  2. Select items in the picklists. Each selection opens the next picklist.
    Picklists for chief complaint

  3. When you have selected an item in the fourth picklist, or at any time that you click Close, the picklists close.
  4. To type a complaint, click the Free Text button.
    The IORTShpi Freetext Mr template opens.
    Chief complaint text

  5. Click any Chief Complaint field to add text to describe the complaint and click Save & Close.