Email UpdatesThe intent of the “Radiculopathy (Lumbar Thoracic)" Consult Request/Composite knowledge artifact is to harmonize and integrate related knowledge artifacts (documentation template and order set) to facilitate referral to neurosurgery for lumbar/thoracic radiculopathy. The intent is to ensure that information required by the consulting specialist is available for the consultation.
Artifact Creation and Usage
Please contact Mr. Apurva Desai Apurva.desai@va.gov for additional information.
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Structured code that is interpretable by a computer (includes data elements, value sets, logic)
| Patient Age Group |
| Adult |
| Clinical Venue |
| Outpatient |
| Clinical Focus |
| Adult outpatient being referred to Neurosurgery for Radiculopathy (Lumbar/Thoracic). |
| Target User |
| Provider in Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pain Clinic, Physical Therapy |
| Workflow Task |
| Referral to Neurosurgery for Radiculopathy (Lumbar/Thoracic). |
THE CLINICAL CONTENT IN THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT DIRECTLY SUITABLE FOR CLINICAL USE AS PRESENTED SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED IN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN PILOTED, NEVER 100% REPRESENTS THE INTENT OF THE CLINICAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND MAY CAUSE HARM IF APPLIED AS-IS. THIS WORK IS MADE AVAILABLE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, AND WITHOUT CLAIMS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See attached resource files for additional details. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Informatics and Information Governance, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Content and Health Level 7 (HL7)-Compliant Knowledge Artifacts (KNARTs) Eye Care Clinical Content White Paper, VA118-16-D-1008, Task Order VA-118-16-F-1008-0007, June, 2018.
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