Creating ICD-9 Picklists
CPRS allows a clinical coordinator to create their own "pick list" of diagnoses that a particular institution, clinic, or enduser most often selects in everyday practice. The particular menu where these lists are generated is called the PROBLEM LIST MGT MENU (GMPL MGT MENU), shown below as option number 5:
This is a TEST account. Access Code: ******* Terminal Type set to: C-VT102 You have 92 new messages. Select OPTION NAME: PROBLEM 1 PROBLEM DEVICE CLEAR XUTM PROBLEM CLEAR Problem Device Clear 2 PROBLEM DEVICE REPORT. XUTM PROBLEM DEVICES Problem Device report. 3 PROBLEM LIST YSPROBLIST Problem list 4 PROBLEM LIST DATA ENTRY GMPL DATA ENTRY Problem List Data Entry 5 PROBLEM LIST MGT MENU GMPL MGT MENU Problem List Mgt Menu Press <RETURN> to see more, '^' to exit this list, OR CHOOSE 1-5: 5 GMPL MGT MENU Problem List Mgt Menu 1 Patient Problem List 2 Edit PL Site Parameters 3 Create Problem Selection Lists ... 4 List Patients with Problem List data 5 Search for Patients having selected Problem 6 Replace Removed Problem(s) on Patient's List Select Problem List Mgt Menu Option:
From the PROBLEM LIST MGT MENU, select the 3rd option, "CREATE PROBLEM SELECTION LISTS...":
1 Patient Problem List 2 Edit PL Site Parameters 3 Create Problem Selection Lists ... 4 List Patients with Problem List data 5 Search for Patients having selected Problem 6 Replace Removed Problem(s) on Patient's List Select Problem List Mgt Menu Option: 3 Create Problem Selection Lists 1 Build Problem Selection List(s) 2 Copy Selection List from IB Encounter Form 3 Assign Selection List to User(s) 4 Remove Selection List from User(s) 5 Delete Problem Selection List 6 Check Problem Selection List problem codes Select Create Problem Selection Lists Option:
As shown from the menus provided, an enduser can build and maintain their problem selection list (pick list), assign or remove them from specific institutions, clinics, or users, delete them all together, or simply check the codes associated with lists that have been created. By selecting option 1, BUILD PROBLEM SELECTION LIST(S), a new pick list can be created:
Select Create Problem Selection Lists Option: 1 Patient Problem List 2 Edit PL Site Parameters 3 Create Problem Selection Lists ... 4 List Patients with Problem List data 5 Search for Patients having selected Problem 6 Replace Removed Problem(s) on Patient's List Select Problem List Mgt Menu Option: 3 Create Problem Selection Lists 1 Build Problem Selection List(s) 2 Copy Selection List from IB Encounter Form 3 Assign Selection List to User(s) 4 Remove Selection List from User(s) 5 Delete Problem Selection List 6 Check Problem Selection List problem codes Select Create Problem Selection Lists Option: 1 Build Problem Selection List(s) Select LIST NAME: TEST LIST <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Name your pick list here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Searching for the list ... BUILD PROBLEM SELECTION LIST Aug 03, 2015@17:32:20 Page: 1 of 1 Last Modified: <new list> 0 categories TEST LIST No items available. + Next Screen - Prev Screen ?? More actions AD Add Category to List SQ Resequence Categories VW View w/wo Seq Numbers RM Remove Category CD Edit Category Display CL Change Selection Lists EC Enter/Edit Category SS Assign List SV Save List and Quit Q Quit Select Action: Quit//
Once the list has been named, the next step is to ENTER/EDIT CATEGORY (EC), which allows the coordinator to begin adding diagnoses to show endusers in CPRS. Categories can be random and do not appear in the list in CPRS, but they allow the coordinator to sort/organize the pick list for easy selection. In the currently created TEST LIST, a category name of MOST COMMON has been chosen: