In my clinic, my patients are all specialized in that they typically have from 10 - 12 DX's that are the same each and every time...from their first DoS to their latest DoS.
For example, each patient would have ICD-9 codes such as "250.02, 250.40, 250.60, 337.1, 268.9, 272.4, 403.90, 729.1, V85.36" for their active DX's without much variation. Secondly, their CPT codes would be similarly structured, like "99212, 99213, J1817, 82948, 82962, 94681, 99354, 99355, 96365, 96366, 96374". Our patients retain these codes from encounter to encounter, and we end up having to key in these same codes each time - over and over which adds to the time it takes to complete the paperwork for a typical DoS.
My question then, is how can you set up or structure AC so that AC will already "remember" or "populate" a patients' Active DX and Code list, so the only thing we need to do is doublecheck for changes and then move on through the encounter? Where do you do this within AC?
