Originally Posted by Wendell365
As to having all of your areas support your diagnosis. That is true currently. All of your information should be consistent with your current diagnosis.

Hi Wendell,

Yes, I have been doing this long enough I know it's probably not a good idea to diagnose a condition and put contradictory information in my note!

My concern would be for something like C50.212, Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of left female breast. I think it's very unlikely, when the patient is in for a recheck, that I will mention anything in the note about the breast cancer being in the upper inner quadrant of the left breast. I'm sure there are many other codes, relating to diabetes and so forth, where the degree of specificity in the code is not something that I would routinely chart at a recheck visit.

In relation to AC's ability to find ICD-9 diagnoses, I am using AC v6.3.3. I just got 8.0.2 in a sandbox (thanks Sandeep), and you are right, much better ability to find ICD-9 diagnoses. Does this version currently allow you to search for ICD 10?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Gene

Gene Nallin MD solo family practice with one PA Cumberland, Md