Encounters Section

This section lists and describes any healthcare encounters pertinent to the patient's current health status or historical health history. An encounter is an interaction, regardless of the setting, between a patient and a practitioner who is vested with primary responsibility for diagnosing, evaluating, or treating the patient's condition. It may include visits, appointments, as well as non-face-to-face interactions. It is also a contact between a patient and a practitioner who has primary responsibility (exercising independent judgment) for assessing and treating the patient at a given contact. This section may contain all encounters for the time period being summarized, but should include notable encounters. NOTE: Since the EncounterActivity entry template has a moodCode of EVN, it is not possible to use it for planned encounters. The PlannedEncounter entry template should be used if future encounters are being included in this section.

#### Templates Used Although open templates may contain any valid CDA content, the following templates are specifically called out by this template:

Required Entries: EncounterActivity