In Chart, you can link a treatment-planned procedure to a condition or a dental diagnostic code to that has been charted. Linking a treatment-planned procedure to a condition allows you to have that condition invalidated automatically when you complete the corresponding treatment-planned procedure.
Note: Editing a condition or diagnosis to link a treatment-planned procedure requires the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Edit" security right.
To link a treatment-planned procedure to a condition
With a patient selected in Chart, on the Progress Notes panel, double-click a condition or diagnosis.
Note: If the condition or diagnosis that you want to edit has been posted but is not listed on the Progress Notes panel, verify that the correct status view option has been selected for the progress notes.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Conditions/Diagnosis, Edit dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Edit" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Conditions/Diagnosis, Edit" 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, Edit" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can edit a condition or diagnosis 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, Edit" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can edit a condition or diagnosis this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Conditions/Diagnosis, Edit dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Change Condition dialog box appears.
Under Link to Treatment Plan, click Select.
The Select Treatment Plan dialog box appears.
Select the treatment-planned procedure that you want to link to the condition.
Click OK.
You are returned to the Change Condition dialog box.
Click OK.