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Document and Review Patient Pain for a Physical or Occupational Therapy Visit

You can document the patient's pain levels for the current day, when they are at rest, and when they are active. You can also review the pain history within the case to assess the patient's pain levels over time.

  1. Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter.
  2. Open the NTS Single Visit template, and then expand the Subjective panel.
  3. Enter the pain levels in Today, At Rest, and During Activity.
  4. Optional: To review the patient's pain levels over time within the case, select the Pain link.
    The Pain History template opens with the pain details of all the encounters related to the case.
  5. To document the pain experienced during the patient's daily functions, select Function in Subjective Grid to open the Function template.
  6. Optional: To view historical pain levels from the Function template, select the Previous Pain Grid link.
    The Previous Pain Grid template opens with pain data from previous versions. You cannot modify these pain values. New pain levels do not appear in this grid.