6. Download Most Common Coded SMARText Items

 

SOAPware provides all CPT (procedure codes = Plan Items) all ICD-9CM diagnosis codes, and all medications in the U.S. Pharmacopeia (and much more) on our online library, as SMARText items. Having them as SMARText items offers a world of possibilities to allow for streamlined workflows. In order to take full advantage of these, make sure that the needed  SMARText items are downloaded to your local system. That is the purpose of this section. 

We have created groupings of the most common CPT and Diagnosis codes, Medications and Plan items. We highly recommend that you download these lists as a starting point. However, at any time, you need an item that is not in one of these lists, you can easily find it and download.  

 

All SMARText items are downloaded in the SMARText Items Manager. Click Docutainers in the menu bar, and Click the SMARText Items menu item to get to it. Follow the instructions below to download the needed codes and items.

IMPORTANT: Allow 10 to 20 minutes for each list, and do NOT do this while seeing patients. Access of patient charts can be slowed during the downloads.

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Download SMARText items with Dx/CPT Codes

 

Diagnosis Items

These are the SMARText items of Structured Dx type and are used in the Assessment, Active Problems and Inactive Problems fields. Make certain there is a check in the box to Include the Online Library items.

In the Search box, Type d--- (d, followed by three dashes and no spaces), and Click the Search Button (magnifying glass)

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It may take several minutes for the entire list to display. Once the list is displayed, all the list items can be selected in bulk and downloaded all at once. To select in bulk, Click the first list item in the list so that it is highlighted. Next, either Press the Shift + End keys together (which will select all items in the list below the one selected) OR Press Shift, and Click on the last list item (which will select all the items in between the two items you clicked). To download (while the items are highlighted), Click the Download button as shown in the screenshot below.

 

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 This may take a little while to finish as well.

 

 

CPT Plan Items

These are the SMARText items of the Plan item type that are used in the Plan field. There are also some order entry items included in this list.

In the Search box, Type s---- (s, followed by four dashes and no spaces). To select in bulk, Click the first list item in the list so that it is highlighted. Next, Press the Shift + End keys together, and Click on the last list item. This will highlight all the items in the list between the first and the last items. To download (while the items are highlighted), Click the Download button as shown in the screenshot above.

 


Download Most Common Prescriptions

These are the SMARText items of the Structured Rx type that are used in the Medications fields.

In the Search box, Type in r--- (r, followed by three dashes and no spaces). To select in bulk, Click the first list item in the list so that it is highlighted. Next, Press the Shift + End keys together, and Click on the last list item. This will highlight all the items in the list between the first and the last items. To download (while the items are highlighted), Click the Download button as shown in the screenshot above.



These items have had a lot of clean-up and have some smarts added to them that will be useful in versions after 2008.0.282.0.

 

Finally, to get the latest SMARText items to use in other areas, perform an update of SMARText items. Plan to do this once every couple of weeks through 2009 as the library is growing and changing rapidly.

 

 


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