My partner came up with this:

Make a dummy patient. do your "Search DX" for the codes you use. Select the one you want, then click "Edit code" below the binoculars. Then name it something you will remember like "Abnormal LFT's" rather than "Abnormal laboratory test other than glucose" or whatever nonsense the book uses. Then when you do a real encounter, do a quick search for the name you use, and it will pop right up. Not quite as good as a real shortlist, but better than trying to remember what the book calls degenerative arthritis.

And, while we are at it, what do people use for uncomplicated essential hypertension since 401.1 is considered "incomplete"?

Last edited by dgrauman; 05/30/2010 8:57 PM.

David Grauman MD
Department of Medicine
Commonwealth Health Center
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands