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akoen

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I am attempting to use Mel to populate the obs term DIET COUNSEL if a patients BMI is out of range. I have it working for patients over 65 and under 65, but I can't seem to find the right MEL to only look at patients over the age of 18. The working MEL code is below. What else should I be adding to it so that patients under the age of 18 are not looked at.

{If PATIENT_AGE()>= "65" and OBSNOW("BMI")>= "30" or OBSNOW("BMI")< "22"
then OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.") + 
OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP") else "" endif}

{If PATIENT_AGE()< "65" and OBSNOW("BMI")>= "25" or OBSNOW("BMI")< "18.5"
then OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.") + 
OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP") else "" endif}

Thank you for your assistance in advance.

Amanda Koenig

Oregon Orthopedic & Sports Medicine

Posted : April 17, 2013 4:09 am

jjordet

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{If PATIENT_AGE() >= 65 then

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 30

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 22 then

...

else

endif

else

If PATIENT_AGE() >= 18

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= ???

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < ??? then

...

else

endif

else

If PATIENT_AGE() < 18 then

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 25

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 18.5 then

...

else

endif

else

endif

Posted : April 17, 2013 4:27 am

akoen

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@Jerroll - I tried the code ( I have pasted below exactly what I tried) and I am still getting the Weight Management verbiage for a 20 year old with a BMI of 20.42(within range).

{If PATIENT_AGE() >= 65 then

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 30

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 22 then

OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.") +

OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")

else

endif

else

If PATIENT_AGE() < 18 then

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 0

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 0 then

OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","")

else

endif

else

If PATIENT_AGE() >= 18 then

if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 25

or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 18.5 then

OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")

else

endif

else

endif

}

I am not so sure about the less than 18 coding - I don't want anything to happen for patients less than 18.

Posted : April 17, 2013 5:05 am

jjordet

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{If PATIENT_AGE() >= 65 then
   if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 30
    or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 22 then
      OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.")
      OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")
   else
      ""
   endif
else
   If PATIENT_AGE() >= 18 then
      if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 25
       or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 18.5 then
         OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.")
         OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")
      else
         ""
      endif
   else
      ""
   endif
endif}

Posted : April 17, 2013 5:17 am

akoen

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Topic starter

Unfortunately, that didn't work either Frown

Posted : April 17, 2013 6:21 am

jjordet

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Posts: 545

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{If VAL(PATIENT_AGE()) >= 65 then
   if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 30
    or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 22 then
      OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.")
      OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")
   else
      ""
   endif
else
   If VAL(PATIENT_AGE()) >= 18 then
      if VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) >= 25
       or VAL(OBSNOW("BMI")) < 18.5 then
         OBSNOW("INSTRUCTIONS", " * Your BMI calculation has been calculated as out of range for your height and age. Please contact your PCP for a weight management referral. Weight management recommended for better health.")
         OBSNOW("DIET COUNSEL","Pt advised to contact PCP")
      else
         ""
      endif
   else
      ""
   endif
endif}

Posted : April 17, 2013 6:23 am

akoen

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Posts: 144

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Topic starter

Still a no Frown

Posted : April 17, 2013 7:04 am

jjordet

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Posts: 545

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then I'm stumped, unless your obsterms contain more than a number.

Posted : April 17, 2013 7:11 am

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