ISPatientProblem.DxDescription

Description

The description of the disease code that is linked to the patient's problem.

Syntax

object.DxDescription

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatientProblem	The `object` always implements the ISPatientProblem interface

Return Value

string

Example

Display the codes, descriptions and statuses of the patient's problems in each category.

Dim aPatient
Dim aProblemList
Dim aCategories
Dim aCategory
Dim aProblems
Dim aProblem
Dim aMessage

Set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient

set aProblemList = aPatient.ProblemList
set aCategories = aProblemList.Categories

for each aCategory in aCategories
  aMessage = aMessage & vbNewLine & "---------" & aCategory.Description &_ 
    "---------"  & vbNewLine & vbNewLine 
  set aProblems = aCategory.Problems
  for each aProblem in aProblems
    aMessage = aMessage & "    " &_ 
      "Code: " & aProblem.DxCode & "; Description: " & aProblem.DxDescription &_ 
      " (Status = " & aProblem.Status & ")" & vbNewLine  
  next
next 

Profile.MsgBox(aMessage)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Dx Description can be found in Clinical > Medical Record > Problems > Open Problem > General > Description field, in Clinical > Clinical Details > Problems > Open Problem > General > Description field or in Patient > Cases > Clinical > Problems > Open Problem > General > Description field.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0