During an encounter between a provider and a patient one or more billable procedures will be performed. The procedures are performed because or in search of a diagnosis. Each practice will use a subset of defined diagnosis codes. The TFM configuration ICD-9 Code provides the mechanism for entering the commonly used diagnosis codes for the practice. These codes are used in the popup menus when entering a patient's diagnosis.
There are a few dialogs associated with configuring a facility for TFM. The following sections of this chapter contain descriptions of the:
| Section: | List of ICD-9 Codes | Edit ICD-9 Code |
When you select the ICD9 Code menu item in the Configuration
menu, a dialog titled List of ICD-9 Codes is displayed (shown at the right).
It contains a list of all ICD-9 Codes you have added to TFM. You add all the
ICD-9 Codes that your practice uses. The interactions with this dialog are common in all TFM Search Tables and are described in the Search Tables chapter. When you select the New button or double-click with the mouse, the Edit ICD-9 Codes dialog appears.
The Edit ICD9 Code dialog is used to enter or edit a ICD-9 Code.
After entering the data, select the Save button and the
ICD-9 Code will be saved.
| Label | Description | Min/Max |
|---|---|---|
| Code | ICD-9 Code | ( / ) |
| Description | the ICD-9 code description | ( / ) |
Both the ICD-9 Code and Description are required fields.