Test Result Qualifiers

Electronic pathology results indicate the normalcy of the result with what is known as a Deviating Result Indicator. Within Vision, test results are classified according to generic type and may be assigned different specific deviating result indicators according to the type of test.

This list of deviating result indicators differs from the picklist you can select from when you enter a result manually.

Test Result Qualifier Mapping

To address the issue of some result indicators sent by laboratories not being available in Vision, the following list maps incoming pathology codes to Vision test result qualifiers:

This code pick list is not available to use when manually adding test results in Consultation Manager.

Code	Description
PTH001	Above high reference limit
PTH002	Below low reference limit
PTH003	Outside reference range
PTH004	Potentially abnormal
PTH005	Normal
PTH006	Low
PTH007	High
PTH008	Significantly Low
PTH009	Significantly High
PTH010	Abnormal
PTH011	Very Abnormal
PTH012	Not Applicable

On filing an electronic pathology message, the test result qualifiers are mapped directly to one of the new codes. This ensures that the Vision record accurately reflects the message received from the laboratory.

Once the test result is filed, the result qualifier can be edited in Consultation Manager. The code from the new picklist is shown with the usual result qualifiers for that test. Once the qualifier is edited, the new picklist entry is removed from the selectable list.