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  • Identify the type of injury that has occurred;

  • If there is more than one injury being claimed, identify which one is most serious;

  • Understand and incorporate rules for coding categories as applicable.

              'ENTER NDS CODES' in the Claims Management application

The following is an example showing what the PRACSYS NDS screen looks like.  Codes in the example are samples only:

Category

Code

Code Description

Mechanism

44 +

REPETITIVE MOVEMENT

Breakdown Agency

331 +

COMPUTERS AND KEYBOARD

Nature of Injury

03330 +

SPRAINS AND STRAINS OF JOINTS AND ADJACENT MUSCLES

Bodily Location

440 +

FOREARM

Occupation

5299.98 +

DATA PROCESSING & BUSINESS MACHINE OPERATORS

The process of selecting NDS codes on PRACSYS is simple.  For every field which is entered, a 'pick list' is provided.  By positioning the cursor in the field and pressing F4, a screen will be displayed where a keyword (eg 'back' for Nature of Injury) can be entered.

All codes for the category relevant to that keyword will then be listed to choose the correct selection.