Maintaining Diagnosis Categories

This topic explains how to maintain diagnosis categories in the Master Data Admin module and map them to diagnosis codes. See Maintaining Diagnosis Codes.

You cannot delete a diagnosis category after you create it.

To maintain diagnosis codes

  1. In AcuityLogic Admin, click Master Data Admin and select Diagnosis Category.

    The Diagnosis Category window opens.

  2. Select ICD-9 or ICD-10 from the ICD Revision drop-down list.
  3. To filter the diagnosis categories, type a description in the Description field, click the Filter button, and select one of the following:
    The search tool is case sensitive. For example, if you search for “disorders” and the diagnosis category Disorders of Lacrimal Gland is in the database, the category is not returned. You must search instead for “Disorders.”
    • No Filter: Clear a previous filter and display all results.
    • Contains: The results contain the text you typed in the field.
    • Starts With: The results start with the text you typed in the field.
    • Equal To: The results are the exact match of the text you typed in the field.

    The search results that meet you criteria are displayed.

  4. Do one of the following:
    • To add a diagnosis category, click Add Diagnosis Category.

    • To modify a category, click Edit in the category's row.

  5. In the Description field, enter the diagnosis category description.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • Click Insert to add a new diagnosis category.

    • Click Update to modify a diagnosis category.

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