Create the coding context items

Create the context items: Route of Administration to capture how a medication was given, for example, orally or intravenously, and Indication to capture why the medication was given, for example, headache.

  1. Open the form, click Add, select the Text option, and enter Route of Administration or Indication for the question title.

    Tip:

    For Route of Administration, requiring all users to select from a common list ensures the highest autocoding percentage in Oracle Central Coding. For optimal results, use a custom code list with a single-select drop-down question. For more information, see Create a custom code list and Create a drop-down question.
    If you include Other as an option in your code list that allows users to enter text, you need to:
    • Create a dynamic text question that appears when Other is selected. For more information, see Set up a dynamic question in a form and Define a Show Question rule.
    • Create a read-only text question, for example, Mapped Route.

      After the study version is moved to the Test container, you need to add a calculation rule to map the value selected from the drop-down or the text value entered when Other is chosen to the read-only question. For more information, see Central coding mapping rule.

  2. On the Details side panel, set the Character Limit to 200 (for a text context item) and define other settings for the question.
  3. Expand the Advanced side panel, click Add Property, and select Coding Question.
    The Dictionary and Tag for Central Coding settings are populated with the values defined for the verbatim term; do not change these.
  4. Select Route of Administration or Indication from the Coding Item Type dropdown.

    Note:

    If you’re using a single-select question with a custom code list, do not map the single-select question to Route of Administration; instead, map the read-only text question to Route of Administration.
  5. (For a single-select dropdown question only) Expand the Rules side panel and click Add Rule, then choose Select Exactly, restricting a user's ability to select only one option from the list.
  6. Click Save, then click Add to create additional context item fields.