OR PROBLEM NTRT BULLETIN (201)    BULLETIN (3.6)

                *** New Problem/Diagnosis Term Request ***
  
A New Term Rapid Turnaround (NTRT) mail message has been sent to you 
because a user from your facility using the CPRS Problem List application
has chosen to request a new term to the Problem List Standard (PLS). The
Problem List Standard is a pick list of "PROBLEMs" represented in SNOMED
CT, a clinical terminology, displayed in the Problem Lexicon Search
dialog.
  
Please review the user requested term and if the term is appropriate for 
the Problem List domain (e.g. Is a Problem/Diagnosis and NOT an allergy, 
 
medication, etc.), then submit a NTRT request at the NTRT Request site. If
the term needs more clarification, please query the requester for more
information before submitting the request.
  
The Problem List domain steward will review each request and respond to 
you with the outcome. If the term is approved by the Problem List NTRT
committee it will be added to the Problem List Standard and distributed 
in the upcoming Lexicon Quarterly Code Set update patch. 
 
If there are questions, please contact this mail group: VHA OI SDD HDS 
       Requested term: |1|  
NTRT VHAOISDDHDSNTRT@domain.ext
 
Thank-you.
 Date/Time of request: |2| 
    Name of requester: |3| 
              Service: |4| 
             Location: |5| 
              Patient: |6| 
 Clinician's Comments: |7| 

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Text of the unresolved term or expression.
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Date/Time of the request.
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Name of Requester.
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Hospital Service with which the requester is associated.
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Location (i.e., Facility) where the request originated.
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Patient Name and (Last I/Last 4).
  

• DESCRIPTION:   

  Explanatory comments. For example, if the requested term is "SVT" the 
  clinician would have an opportunity to describe its meaning (e.g., 
  Superficial vein thrombosis, etc.). 
  

This bulletin will be delivered to the OR CACS Mail Group. It informs the
the upcoming Lexicon Quarterly Code Set update patch.
  
If the local group does not concur with the request, they should defer 
submitting a NTRT Request, and discuss the decision with the requester.
group that a new NTRT Request has been initiated by a Clinician at their
facility. Upon receipt, the CACs should discuss the request internally. If
the group concurs, they should submit a NTRT request for the new term at
the NTRT Request site.
  
The NTRT Terminology Stewards for the Problem List Domain will consider 
the request, and inform the facility of their decision as to whether the
new term should be added to the Problem List Standard and distributed in