Add an Injury or Illness

  1. From the Inj ID field on the Appointment Register screen for the visit, click the Lookup icon (F5).
  2. A list of injuries for this patient appears. If the injury is not in the list, click on Add (Alt+A) button in lower right corner of box.
    The Injury screen displays.
  3. Choose Y, N, or M (limited release) for the Info Rel field to indicate whether or not you have obtained consent. Choose whether the injury is workers’ compensation (WorkComp) or not.
  4. The Injury Date defaults to today, change if appropriate. For an illness, enter date of onset of symptoms. Enter the time in the next field if known and/or appropriate.
  5. In Type field, select INJ for injury, ILL for illness, EXP for an exposure/sharps incident (or NON if the patient clearly states no exposure occurred), RHB for injury cases being tracked only for rehabilitation services (applies only to clinics using the Rehab module).
  6. Enter ID of the Primary Physician.
  7. Save (Ctrl+S).
  8. Return to Appointment Register and finish adding any necessary data.
    See also Appointments Quick Guide.