Announcement per UMC Clinical IT:
As of 8:00 AM Monday, February 19th, 2018 all Outpatient Lab Orders (orders placed from a clinic encounter in a future state) will require a diagnoses associated with it. As shown below, the diagnosis tab will show the blue ball/white “X” indicating the need for a diagnosis code to be added. This workflow is the same as the current radiology order process.
This change will require all ordering clinicians to associate the appropriate diagnosis at the time the outpatient order is placed.
NOTE: All EXISTING Future Lab Orders that are still active will require the diagnosis to be added to the order when activated in the lab. This means any orders placed from the clinics prior to Monday, awaiting your patient to get their labs drawn, will require the UMC laboratory registration staff to try and identify a patient’s diagnosis for that visit from the chart. If there is no diagnosis associated, then additional steps will be required to perform the order; including possibly calling the ordering provider/clinic, and ultimately canceling the order if no diagnosis can be found or ordering provider approval cannot be reached (UMC Laboratory is solidifying this workflow).
This change is being implemented to improve the amount of rejected lab charges declined due to the lack of diagnoses.
