In Chart, you can chart a dental diagnostic code.
Note: Charting a dental diagnostic code may require the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter" security right, depending on which method you use to chart the dental diagnostic code. Charting a dental diagnostic code also requires the "Existing Procedures, Enter," "Treatment Plan, Enter," or "Completed Procedure, Enter" security right, depending on which status button you click to chart the dental diagnostic code.
To chart a dental diagnostic code
With a patient selected in Chart, if applicable, select a provider other than the default chart provider for the patient's charting session.
Note: The selected provider will be assigned to all procedures, conditions, and diagnoses that you chart during the current charting session.
If the diagnosis that you are entering requires a tooth number, select the applicable teeth in the graphical chart.
Click a procedure button with a dental diagnostic code assigned to it. Skip steps 3-4.
On the Dental Diagnostics menu, click Post to Patient Chart. Proceed to step 3.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Conditions/Diagnosis, Enter dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Select Diagnostic Code dialog box appears.
Do one of the following:
Double-click a dental diagnostic code.
Select a dental diagnostic code, and then click OK.
Do one of the following:
If the selected dental diagnostic code requires the selection of quadrants, sextants, or arches, the Quadrant Selection, Sextant Selection, or Arch Selection dialog box appears. Select the applicable treatment areas, and then click OK.
If the selected dental diagnostic code requires the selection of surfaces, the Surface Selection dialog box appears. Do one of the following:
If one tooth is selected:
Select the checkboxes that correspond to the correct treatment areas.
Click OK.
If multiple teeth are selected:
With the first tooth selected in the list on the left, select the checkboxes that correspond to the correct treatment areas, and then click Add.
Do one of the following for the other teeth listed:
To apply the specified surfaces to all the other teeth listed, click Apply to all teeth. On the confirmation message that appears, click either Yes to apply the surfaces to all the teeth listed (you can change the surfaces of any tooth as needed before you click OK) or No to apply the surfaces to only the selected tooth (you must then add surfaces to each tooth separately before you click OK).
To add surfaces to each tooth separately, select a different tooth in the list on the left, select the checkboxes that correspond to the correct treatment areas, and then click Add. Repeat this process as needed for the other teeth listed.
Notes:
You can also change the surfaces for any tooth in the list by selecting that tooth.
To continue, every tooth in the list must have at least one surface applied to it.
Click OK.
Click any status button.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If you clicked EO or Ex:
If the Password - Existing Procedures, Enter dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Existing Procedures, Enter" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Existing Procedures, Enter" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Existing Procedures, Enter" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Existing Procedures, Enter" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Existing Procedures, Enter dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If you clicked Treat Plan:
If the Password - Treatment Plan, Enter dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Treatment Plan, Enter" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Treatment Plan, Enter" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Enter" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Treatment Plan, Enter" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Treatment Plan, Enter dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If you clicked Complete:
If the Password - Completed Procedure, Enter dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Completed Procedure, Enter" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Completed Procedure, Enter" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Completed Procedure, Enter" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Completed Procedure, Enter" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can chart a dental diagnostic code this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Completed Procedure, Enter dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The diagnosis is added to the graphical chart (if a charting symbol is used in conjunction with the charted diagnosis) and to the progress notes as a condition.
Note: A diagnosis that you post in Chart does not appear in Ledger, in the Ledger-Treatment Plan view of Ledger, or in Treatment Planner.