Occasionally, you may discover that you’ve made a mistake in a clinical note or that the note is incomplete, and you need to correct or add to the note. But if the note has been locked — moved into history — you cannot update it; therefore, you must append the original note and describe the change in a new note.
Watch this video to learn how to add an addendum to a clinical note that is in history. (Duration 0:38)
Additional Tips
- An appended note is not edited into the original note but is permanently linked to the original note.
- Once you click Yes to append a note that’s in history, Dentrix automatically moves the appended note into history, and you can no longer edit or delete it.
- To learn more about adding an addendum to a clinical note in history, read Adding an Addendum to Clinical Notes in Dentrix Help.
Check Your Knowledge
If you have access to Dentrix, check your knowledge with this exercise.
- Switch to the Dentrix demo database.
(Skip this step if you are using the Dentrix Learning Edition software.) - To complete this exercise, you may need to sign a clinical note.
- Add an addendum to Corey Hansen’s note that reads”DDS2 performed the exam and not DDS1″.