You can edit the medical alerts for implantable devices that are assigned to a patient's record.
Note: Editing medical alerts that are assigned to patients requires the "Medical Alerts, Edit" security right.
To edit an implantable device
In the Medical Alerts dialog box, select an implantable device in the Devices list.
Click the View/Edit Alert button 
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If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Medical Alerts, Edit dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Medical Alerts, Edit" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Medical Alerts, 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 "Medical Alerts, Edit" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can edit a medical alert 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 "Medical Alerts, Edit" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can edit a medical alert this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Medical Alerts, Edit dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Edit Patient Implantable Device dialog box appears.
To add or change the Unique Device Identification (UDI) of the device, do the following:
Click Add UDI.
A confirmation message appears, stating that the existing information will be overridden.
Click Yes.
The Implantable Device Selection dialog box appears.
Enter the UID in the UDI box, and then click Search. Dentrix Enterprise searches the public, online Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID), which is maintained by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Note: Alternatively, Dentrix Enterprise can insert the UDI if you scan the device's barcode with a barcode scanner.
Change any of the following options (except those that are already populated with data from the GUDID if the device was found in step a or when this medical alert was added originally):
Description - A brief description of the device as you want it to appear in the Medical Alerts dialog box.
Discovery Date - The date that you found out about the device. To specify a different date, do any of the following:
To enter a date, do any of the following:
To change the month, click the month portion of the date and then enter a month as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the day, click the day portion of the date and then enter a day as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the year, click the year portion of the date and then enter a year as a 2-digit or 4-digit number.
To select a date, do the following:
Click the calendar icon to view a month calendar.
Navigate to the correct month using the left and right arrows.
Note: To quickly change the year and month, click the month-year at the top of the calendar, navigate to the correct year using the left and right arrows, and then click the correct month.
Click the correct day.
Area - The area where the device is implanted.
GMDN PT Name - If known, the Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) Preferred Term (PT) name of the device.
Lot/Batch - If known, the lot or batch number of the device.
Serial # - If known, the serial number of the device.
Distinct ID - If known, the catalog reference number of the device.
Expiration Date - If known, the expiration date of the device. To specify the date, do any of the following:
To enter a date, do any of the following:
To change the month, click the month portion of the date and then enter a month as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the day, click the day portion of the date and then enter a day as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the year, click the year portion of the date and then enter a year as a 2-digit or 4-digit number.
To select a date, do the following:
Click the calendar icon to view a month calendar.
Navigate to the correct month using the left and right arrows.
Note: To quickly change the year and month, click the month-year at the top of the calendar, navigate to the correct year using the left and right arrows, and then click the correct month.
Click the correct day.
Manufacturing Date - If known, the date that the device was made. To specify the date, do any of the following:
To enter a date, do any of the following:
To change the month, click the month portion of the date and then enter a month as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the day, click the day portion of the date and then enter a day as a 1-digit or 2-digit number.
To change the year, click the year portion of the date and then enter a year as a 2-digit or 4-digit number.
To select a date, do the following:
Click the calendar icon to view a month calendar.
Navigate to the correct month using the left and right arrows.
Note: To quickly change the year and month, click the month-year at the top of the calendar, navigate to the correct year using the left and right arrows, and then click the correct month.
Click the correct day.
Device Attributes:
Brand - If known, the brand name of the device.
Version/Model # - If known, the version or model number of the device.
Company - If known, the name of the company who made the device.
MRI Safety Status - If known, the safety rating of the device for use in or near a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment.
Labeled as containing NRL - If known, select or clear the checkbox to indicate whether the device is labeled as containing natural rubber latex (NRL) or is not labeled as containing NRL.
Procedure - The procedure that this implantable device is attached to. If this implantable device is attached to a procedure, the code and description of that procedure appear. Do one of the following:
To detach this device from the displayed procedure, click Remove.
To attach this device to a procedure, do the following:
Click the search button 
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The Completed Procedure Selection dialog box appears and displays the patient's completed procedures that are flagged as being for an implantable device but do not have an implantable device attached to them.
In the list, select a procedure.
Click Select.
Notes - Any notes regarding the implantable device. To check the spelling of the note text, click the Check Spelling button 
(this button is available only if a certain preference setting has been enabled).
Click OK.