Submitted by Lantana Consul… on
Lantana Consulting Group Comment
Lantana recommends removing the word “assessment” and re-naming this class “Care and Treatment Plans.” Assessments are a collection of observations, which could be classified under Health Status, rather than combined with Care Plans. A Care and Treatment Plan category would improve focus on treatment plans and include types of orders related to medical services and treatments, therapy orders, end of life care orders, Advance Directive Information (ADI) orders, nutrition orders, and others.
Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on
NCPDP Comments
NCPDP recommends Assessment and Plan of Treatment belong in the Health Concerns section of the health plan. The appropriate coding should utilize LOINC and SNOMED. Pharmacists providing assessments document findings in the Health Concerns section of the NCPDP/HL7 Pharmacist eCare Plan using SNOMED CT and LOINC. These conclusions and working assumptions will guide treatment of the patient.