Chief complaints
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The chief complaint is the reason why the patient goes to the doctor in the first place. In Touchworks, a chief complaint is synonymous with a symptom and a symptom can also be a diagnosis (e.g. chest pain is a symptom and also has an ICD-9 code associated with it)