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Documentation and Coding Guidelines for Public Health Nurses
4.10 Purpose of Visit (POV)
Click on the POV tab. In the default
EHR design, the POV window has
three areas: Visit Diagnosis (which
is the purpose of visit; ICD–9 Pick
Lists; and Problem List/Past Diagnoses/Past
Procedures.
Figure 4.10a. Visit Diagnosis, Unfilled
To add a purpose of visit, click on the
Add button in the Visit Diagnosis
area (Figure 4.10a). A dialog box titled
Add POV for Current Visit will
pop up. See Figure 4.10b. Click on
the ellipsis (…) button.
Figure 4.10b. Adding a Visit Diagnosis
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