Both great ideas. Funny, because I have always looked for the workaround (Brian, did you know I like to do workarounds?), but the idea of skipping the whole page altogether, now that's a good idea. Over the course of the day, I could save tons of time. And, come to think of it, if you are looking for "Asthma, Cough Variant," it would be just as easy to type Cough Variant Asthma. With most of the codes, one has to type the first three or four letters anyway.
There is no advantage for the ICD-9 code to be listed other than possibly having it populate the orders. But, our radiology department will take Fever as quickly as Fever 786.1. (I think). And, it is good for our respective billers and coders to be able to go back and read the typed version of Hypercalciuria over the illegible written version. But, all in all, type it in, then click save, and it's done.
We need more preferences. I will say that Mr. Ed tells me that options and preferences are tougher than they seem.
