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I don't know if anyone will be able to answer this, but this came up when searching for diagnosis codes. When we use the Dx search bar in the Most Recent Encounter (MRE) section, we get a complete set of codes. If we search in the Diagnosis Codes panel in the View drop-down, we only get some of the codes.

Has anyone else come across this or know why the two search panels have different selections? The physician typically uses the MRE screen, whereas office staff may be more likely to refer to the View menu.

For example under the View, Diagnosis Codes: spinal cord edema, it's only populating concussion codes (S - codes), but in the MRE, the specific G code comes up, word for word.

If necessary, we can work around it by just having everyone use the search bar in MRE, but that would require going into a patient chart just to search for a code.

Thoughts?

Hi Trista.

The 2 searches actually function a little differently, which is why you see different results. The list under View-Diagnosis Codes uses the technical billing descriptions for the codes, while the MRE search uses more general descriptions.


An example of this is R23.8. In the MRE, you can find this by searching "Cold Skin". But from the View-Diagnosis Codes search, searching for Cold Skin comes up blank. That is because the official billing description is "Other skin changes".

I hope this makes sense on why you get different search results.

workaround:

keep open browser tab and google icd 10 "xxx"
type in icd 10 code - remember to capitalize

Agreed.
And https://www.icd10data.com is our go-to source.

Of course master lists of the thousands of codes is sometimes necessary, but honestly... 95% of the time, we use the same ones. Which is why a customizable code list is so helpful. Like it used to be in AC.

For example, maybe once a week I use "abnormal lft's" or "biliary obstruction". I should be able to remember these but my personal hard (headed) drive is too full, so I am left to search through the AC listings or go to the link I just provided. For example, how nice would it be to be able to take the AC listing, change the name for "other ulcerative colitis without complications" to "ulcerative colitis" or even "uc". Having a search that learns to work like my brain is the goal... not making my brain work like the search.