Assigning a Term

Any result that does not have an associated term is prefixed by a red cross in the message details pane:

To resolve the issue:

  1. From Mail Manager , select the message required.
  2. Select the Pathology or Results tab and locate the unfiled result.
  3. Right click on the result and select Assign Read codes:

  4. The Read Dictionary select screen displays:

    Select the correct term in the usual way and select OK.

  5. The Description Translation screen displays with the term you have selected shown at the top, select Change to update this:

  6. Select either:
    • Add to Translations to permanently map this term to this description.
      Note - Once permanently mapped, all subsequent results use this term. You may want a clinician to check the mappings.

      or

    • Use Once to map this term to this description on this occasion only.

Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.