Set up diagnosis panels for the most commonly used ICD-10 codes, enabling you to more efficiently move through the diagnosis coding portion of an encounter. Create customized diagnosis panels using our user-friendly drag‑and‑drop interface, which includes system-defined specialty-based panels, Medicare hierarchical defined code categories, and user-defined search results.
You must only use ICD-10-CM codes. You cannot use ICD-10-PCS codes. Learn more about the difference between the two coding systems: ICD-10-CM vs. ICD-10-PCS.
- From the menu bar, click Admin and then click Diagnosis Panels (ICD10).
Practice Default Settings
- Practice Default Settings is a set of common diagnosis panels supplied by NextGen Office to be used throughout the EHR.
- To create a diagnosis panel, click New Diagnosis Panel.
Create a New Diagnosis Panel
There are four options to create a new ICD-10 panel:
- Manually create a panel.
- Import an existing ICD-9 panel from the PM and map it to ICD-10.
- Import an existing ICD-9 panel from the EHR and map it to ICD-10.
- Import an existing ICD-10 panel from the EHR.
- To manually create a new panel, select the New Panel radio button.
- To import an existing ICD-9 panel from the PM, select the Import ICD9 (PM) radio button. Select a panel from the menu.
- To import an existing ICD-9 panel from the EHR, select the Import ICD9 (EHR) radio button. Select a practice and then a panel from the menus.
- To import an existing ICD-10 panel from the EHR, select the Import ICD10 radio button. Select a practice and then a panel from the menus.
- Enter a Panel Name.
- Click Create Diagnosis Panel.
Add, Edit, and Delete Folders and Codes
After you click Create Diagnosis Panel, you are navigated to the Administration: Diagnosis Panels (ICD10) page. Diagnosis panels may contain folders, subfolders, and codes, similar to the setup of folders and files in a computer operating system. This architecture enables you to create highly organized custom panels.
- There are four options to add more codes to a panel. Add codes using user-defined searches (ICD-9 or ICD‑10), from NextGen Office panels, or from Medicare panels.
- To create a new folder, grab Drag to make a new folder and drag it down to the right pane. To edit the folder's name, click the New Folder title.
- Drag and drop a code from an existing panel or a search result and customize the description.
- Just like renaming a new folder, you can rename code descriptions (after they are on the right pane). To edit the title, click in the description field.
- To delete a folder or code, click
.
ICD-9-to-ICD-10 Mapping and Drag-and-Drop Interface
- Using the ICD-9 search as the example, click ICD9 Search.
- After you enter the search criteria, the search results display on the left pane.
- To view the mapped ICD-10 code, click
. NextGen Office uses the Medicare-provided General Equivalency Mappings (GEMs) to help you select the appropriate ICD-9-to-ICD-10 mapped code. - Drag and drop all or part of a panel or a search result from the left pane to the right pane.
- If one of these codes is suitable, drag and drop it to the right pane.
- To view related ICD-10 codes, click
. NextGen Office's ICD-10 code expansion logic displays codes related to the selected code, enabling you to choose the most appropriate code to record the patient’s diagnosis.
- If one of these codes is suitable, drag and drop it to the right pane.
Add Codes from ICD-10 Search
- Click ICD10 Search.
- Enter the search criteria. The search result displays on the left pane.
- If one of these codes is suitable, drag and drop it to the right pane.
- To view related ICD-10 codes, click .
- To save the panel changes, click Update Diagnosis Panel.
Add Codes from NextGen Office Panels
Importing from the NextGen Office panels provides a more efficient method to build a panel by not having to select codes individually. You are not limited to selecting individual codes; you can can drag and drop entire folders into the panel.
- Click NextGen Office Panels.
- Select a NextGen Office specialty panel from the menu.
- The selected panel displays on the left pane.
- Drag and drop all or part of a panel from the left pane to the right pane.
- To save the panel changes, click Update Diagnosis Panel.
Add Codes from Medicare Panels
As with NextGen Office panels, importing from the Medicare panels allows you to build a panel by not having to select codes individually. You are not limited to selecting individual codes; you can can drag and drop entire folders into the panel.
- Click Medicare Panels.
- Select a Medicare chapter and then a Medicare block from the menus.
- The selected panel displays on the left pane.
- Drag and drop all or part of a panel from the left pane to the right pane.
- To save the panel changes, click Update Diagnosis Panel.
Edit, Delete, or Archive a Practice Panel
- To customize the default panels, click a panel and then click Edit.
- To edit a custom panel, click the panel and then click Edit.
- To delete a custom panel, click the panel and then click Delete.
- You cannot delete a practice default panel, but you can archive it so it is not displayed. To archive a default panel, click Archive.
- To restore a panel that was archived, click Restore.
Provider Custom Settings
The provider custom settings is the customized set of diagnosis panels for a specific provider. Each provider may have her own tailored set of panels. When adding diagnoses to an encounter, these custom-defined diagnosis panels are displayed instead of the practice default settings.
Create a New Provider Diagnosis Panel
- To create a customized diagnosis panel for a specific provider, select the provider's name from the menu and then click Create Provider Panels.
- All practice default and custom panels are copied and saved to the provider's profile.
- To delete all custom panels for the provider, click Delete.
- To create a new diagnosis panel, click Add New Panel.
- To customize the default panels, click a panel and then click Edit.
- To edit a custom panel, click the panel and then click Edit.
- To delete a custom panel, click the panel and then click Delete.
- You cannot delete a provider default panel, but you can archive it so it is not displayed. To archive a default panel, click Archive.
- To restore a panel that was archived, click Restore.
