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## Problem List Settings

The Problem List Settings screen allows you to modify the dictionary of ICD-9 codes that both Charge Capture and the Problem List use, determine sharing properties for problems among users, and create filters to better manage ICD-9 codes. When you select Problem List from the Edit Settings menu on the Institution Desktop, the Problem List Settings screen appears.

The Problem List Settings screen allows you to configure the following parameters:

- Nomenclature Vocabularies : This setting allows administrators to modify or add to the dictionary of ICD-9 codes that both Charge Capture and Problem List use. Click the Edit link to view the vocabularies being used. Each available code displays the Code number and a Description of the code. To change any of the settings for a particular code, select that code in the Nomenclature Vocabularies list and click the Edit button in the Quick Details box. When editing the Nomenclature Vocabularies parameter, you can use the toolbar buttons to perform specific actions.

- To add a new ICD-9 code, click the New Code toolbar button. Enter text for the required Code and Description fields in the Add Nomenclature Item:ICD-9 box, then click Save .
- To filter the list of ICD-9 codes for your purposes, click the Search Codes toolbar button. Enter a search string into the Code or Description fields of the Search: ICD-9 box. Click Search to perform the search and display the results. If no results are found, consider reducing the number of search terms to expand the available results, or click on the View Entire List link on the desktop.

- Show Increased Specificity Diagnoses : This setting allows the administrator to choose increased specificity for standard problems that are not of maximum specificity. Choose Yes for increased specifity; choose No for standard specificity.
- Force Problems to be Private? : This setting determines whether or not patient diagnoses can be shared (or are public) among different users. Choose Yes to disable sharing; choose No to enable sharing. Check with your PatientKeeper Solutions Consultant before modifying this setting, as in some cases, problems must be kept private.
- Create New Problems as Public? : This setting determines whether or not newly created patient diagnoses default to being private (not viewable by other PatientKeeper users) or public. Choose Yes for new problems to be created as public by default; choose No to make them private. Check with your PatientKeeper Solutions Consultant before modifying this setting, as in some cases, problems must be kept private.
- ICD-9 Filters : This setting allows administrators to view or edit the full list of filters available when searching through ICD-9 codes, while also allowing them to add new filters.

- To add a new filter, click the New Filter toolbar button. Enter a Filter Label name that will be used to identify the filter. Then, check the boxes next to the codes that will be included in the filter. Click Save in the Quick Details box to create the filter as you have defined it.
- To edit an existing filter, select it from the View ICD-9 Filters form and click Edit in the Quick Details box.