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Computer Tip of the Week Accessing diagnoses, procedures and other encounter information in OACIS.    In OACIS, the Encounters service column provides information about patient visits. Double-click under the ENC (encounters) column for a specific patient, and a list of every inpatient visit (since June 1993) and every outpatient visit (since 1994) will display.      Need to know more about a specific visit? For insurance information, go to the far right of the encounter list and find the column labeled INS. Double click on the asterisk under the column for the appropriate visit. Demographics are just as easy to find. As with insurance, go to the right, look for DEM, and double click on the asterisk. To open an encounter detail window, double click on Principal Diagnosis. Here, you’ll see a list of all diagnoses and corresponding ICD-9 codes as well as procedures and the provider who performed them.  Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.