Cc(chief complaint) a brief statement identifying why the patient is here - in the patient’s own words - for instance "headache", not "bad headache for 3 days".

hpi: this is the symptom analysis section of your note. thorough documentation in this section is essential for patient care, coding, and billing analysis. paint a picture of what is wrong with the patient. use locates mnemonic to complete your hpi. you need to start every hpi with age, race, and gender (e. g., 34-year-old aa male). you must include the seven attributes of each principal symptom in paragraph form not a list. if the cc was "headache", write down the how thelocates for the hpi might look like ?