Coding Results of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening (HP079)
Overview/Purpose
This protocol is designed to assist your admin team in the coding of the outcome of the National Diabetes Retinopathy Screening Program. It prompts staff to consider coding the retinopathy and maculopathy grading for each eye through the use of a protocol rather than a template at the point of attaching the results document to the patient’s records.
What does it do?
- Checks that the patient is on the diabetic register
- Advises the user to verify a patient's diagnosis or history if they are not currently on the diabetic register
- Offers the user a choice of recording the results on a template or by clicking through a protocol
- Adds codes to the medical record which correspond to the results selected by the user
Why is it important?
This protocol helps to efficiently standardise the coding of retinal screening results by multiple users.
What does it look like?
See below screenshot which shows an example of the protocol in use:
System Dependencies
Relies on using the clinical system to code appropriate diagnoses.
System Triggers
System trigger: None
Run mode: manual launch from the Admin One template or save as favorite on F12
Change management considerations
Your clinical and/or admin team needs to be aware of this handy protocol and how to add it to their personal F12 pick lists.
How to get it
This protocol is automatically installed in your system.
HP current version number: 1.1.0
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