Above is the data Entry screen for this module. The buttons are pretty much self-explanatory. The diagnoses in this database come directly from the HCFA.org website where you can check for any new diagnoses for yoru specialty.
The fields on this screen are...
- Code is the ICD-9 code for this particular diagnosis
- The field Specailty allows you to assign to a diagnosis the medical specialty that uses it in your practice. If the specialty you want is not in the list when it drop down, press the [esc] key and carefully type in a new specialty. Once you do it will be added to the list for future use!
- Description is the description that appears on the screen or on the printed claims.
- Description 2 is how you want the diagnosis to read on letters and other correspondence. It auto-fills initially with the same value as in Description.
- Memo is for notes to yourself about this diagnosis.
- There are over 15,000 diagnoses and you will not want all of them to pop-up when you want to quick select one that is particular to your practice. When the Pick List is “Y” this diagnosis is made part of the picklist that you get when you click into any diagnosis field in the Patients and Billing modules. This can be used to create a smaller, more personalized list geared to your practice.
- Visit Interval for Dx is the number of months between visits for this particular diagnosis.
- Slip List: If you want this diagnosis to appear on your PracticeMaker®’s superbill, check this box. Depending on how the superbill is formatted, you can have nearly 90 diagnoses in the list.
- Not Specific Enough marks a diagnosis code as not specific enough for reimbursement. If any of the diagnoses used on an invoice are marked as Not Specific Enough, you will get beeped at the invoice stage! You will need to update this as more codes are assigned.