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Need MEL help to remove CPT codes from a comma separated list

MEL, SQL, Oracle

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cprice7

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I'm using VFE to pull a list of procedures for booking surgeries. I'm using a listbox field to display all the different procedures with the CPT code in front of the description and attaching that to a document variable (DOCUMENT.TRIGEMINAL_NEURALGIA) and in the function view attaching it to an obs term as well. The choice list looks like this:
61458 - MVD,61781 - Stealth,62140 - Cranioplasty up to 5mm,61798 - Radiosurgery

If the provider chooses both the MVD and Radiosurgery procedures, then both of these will also go to the obs term PROCEDUREDONE like this: 61458 - MVD, 61798 - Radiosurgery (a comma separated list)

I now have a request to pull those same procedures onto a consent form without the CPT codes. So I'm thinking I will need to attach them to a different obs term with the codes extracted out somehow. I have tried {remove(DOCUMENT.TRIGEMINAL_NEURALGIA,1,8)} but that only removes the first CPT code in the list resulting in MVD, 61798 - Radiosurgery. You can see the procedure after the comma still has the CPT code.

Any help with removing all CPT codes from the selection is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Crystal Price

Posted : January 18, 2018 3:05 pm

Lee

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You are almost there.

Loop through the list and use your remove statement on each loop iteration. You might want to check for the presence of " - " before doing so, however. You will also want to account for the extra space after the comma in your remove statement.

Posted : January 19, 2018 2:33 am

cprice7

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I am not good with loops, but I tried to do a while loop to accomplish this, but I'm obviously off because when trying it in a data display CPS crashes. Any way you can look at my loop to see what I'm doing wrong?

I'm thinking the below code says while document.trigeminal_neuralgia has a dash in it, keep removing. Obviously the positions will not be the same for each procedure, but I'm stuck here. Please help?

{
while match(DOCUMENT.TRIGEMINAL_NEURALGIA,"-")>0
do
remove(DOCUMENT.TRIGEMINAL_NEURALGIA,1,8)
endwhile
}

Posted : January 19, 2018 7:44 am

Lee

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Try the following. Note: The function assumes that the character count to be removed will always be 8 characters. You should add more code if this is not the case.

Call the function with the following (you can use it as is to return a value or assign it to a variable or obsterm):

{fnRemoveCPT(DOCUMENT.TRIGEMINAL_NEURALGIA)}

The function:

{! fn fnRemoveCPT(strList)
{
local retStr = ""
local strTemp = ""
local strBuf = ""
local i

strTemp = getfield(strList,",","")
for i = 1, i <= size(strTemp), i = i + 1 do
if match(strTemp[i]," ") == 1 then
strTemp[i] = sub(strTemp[i],2)
endif
if match(strTemp[i]," - ") > 0 then
strBuf = remove(strTemp[i],1,8)
else
strBuf = strTemp[i]
endif
if retStr <> "" then
retStr = retStr + ", " + strBuf
else
retStr = strBuf
endif
endfor
return retStr
}
}

This should get you to where you want to be, if I understand you correctly.

Posted : January 19, 2018 10:13 am

cprice7

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Lee,

You are awesome! It works perfectly sir.

Thanks,
Crystal

Posted : January 22, 2018 9:36 am

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