Wiki chief complaint/HPI

[cindyh]

If pt comes in with the chief complaint being "arm pain" can you use arm as location in the HPI or is that double dipping? I've heard it both ways.

 

[rhondatalley]

According to our latest audit, double dipping is really an urban myth. In your example, the arm definitely describes the location so I would use it to establish the complexity in the HPI.

 

[cindyh]

Thank for the reply. Just out of curiosity, what insurance company was your audit through?