Body map

The Body map section appears in a patient's chart and in visits when your organization has turned the section on in Charting Sections. Use it on a patient's chart or in a visit to pin findings to the front or back body figure, focus into one area, and, in a visit, bring earlier findings forward as new pins. See Finding your way around the patient chart or Finding your way around a visit if you need help getting there. Changes appear on the map right away and then save in the background.

Body map controls

In the Body map section on a patient's chart or in a visit, these controls change what you see and what you can chart.

Control	What it does
Place	Chooses what the next pin will be. The menu shows the enabled finding kinds for your organization. This control is hidden when the map is read-only.
Earlier visits / Hide earlier visits	In a visit, shows or hides findings from other visits so you can chart them again in the current visit. This toggle does not appear on the patient chart, and it is hidden when the visit is read-only.
Whole body, Head & neck, Torso, Right arm, Left arm, Right hand, Left hand, Right leg, Left leg, Right foot, Left foot	Focus chips that switch the large view to that body area on both the front and back figures. Whole body resets the view.
Pick or double-click a part	Helper text shown when Whole body is selected. You can focus a body area from the overview, or double-click a region on the large figure to zoom to that part.
Esc or click again to step out	Helper text shown when one area is in focus. Press Esc, or click the same focused part again, to return to Whole body.
+N more	When one side of the map is crowded, the map shortens labels and may group the rest under a list like +3 more. Select an item there to open that pin, or to chart that earlier finding again.
Chart again	On an earlier finding in a visit, creates a new pin in the current visit at the same spot, with the same kind, details, and note as the earlier finding.
Delete	Removes the open pin from the body map.
Pin removed / Undo	Appears after a pin is deleted. Undo restores that pin. The undo notice stays available for 8 seconds.
Done	Closes the open pin editor.

When you open a pin for editing, the editor starts with that kind's primary fields. On kinds that have more fields, you can expand the editor to show the remaining fields and Note. If you change an existing pin to a different kind, the kind-specific details are cleared and the note is kept.

Finding kinds

In the Body map section on a patient's chart or in a visit, these are the finding kinds you can pin and the details each one can hold.

Kind	What it is for	Details it can store
Pain	A pain finding at one body location.	Intensity on a 0-10 scale, Feels with one or more of Aching, Sharp, Burning, Throbbing, Stabbing, Shooting, Cramping, or Dull, Pattern with Constant, Comes and goes, On movement, or At night, Radiates to, and Note.
Numbness & tingling	A sensory change at one location.	Type with Numbness, Tingling, Pins & needles, Hypersensitive, or Weakness, Severity with Mild, Moderate, or Severe, and Note.
Skin lesion	A lesion or suspicious skin finding.	Morphology with Macule, Papule, Plaque, Nodule, Vesicle, Pustule, Cyst, or Ulcer, Diameter in mm, Colour with Skin-coloured, Pink, Red, Brown, Dark brown, Black, or Blue-grey, ABCDE with one or more of Asymmetry, Border, Colour varies, Over 6 mm, or Evolving, Plan with Monitor, Photograph, Biopsy, Excise, or Reassure, and Note.
Wound	A wound or ulcer.	Type with Pressure injury, Venous ulcer, Arterial ulcer, Diabetic foot, Surgical, Traumatic, or Burn, Stage with 1, 2, 3, 4, Unstageable, or Deep tissue when the type is Pressure injury, Size (L × W × D) in cm, Wound bed with one or more of Granulation, Slough, Eschar, or Epithelial, Exudate with None, Light, Moderate, or Heavy, and Note.
Injury	An injury finding.	Type with Bruise, Swelling, Laceration, Abrasion, Burn, Bite, or Deformity, Size in cm, and Note.
Scar & marks	A scar, tattoo, birthmark, piercing, implanted device, or amputation.	Type with Scar, Tattoo, Birthmark, Piercing, Implanted device, or Amputation, Detail, and Note.
Treatment	A treatment site such as an injection or procedure point.	Type with Injection, Acupuncture, Dry needling, Cupping, Manual therapy, Taping, Cryotherapy, or Biopsy, Product or point, and Note.
Note	A free-text pin with no structured fields.	Note only.

Front-view region labels

In the Body map section on a patient's chart or in a visit, these are the region labels the front figure can use for previews, pin details, and labels. Use the Front figure (1) to read the front body at a glance, then the focus chips to narrow the view: Head focus (2), Torso focus (3), Right arm focus (4), and Right leg focus (5).

Region label	Where it is used
Right side of face / Left side of face	Front view of the face.
Right side of neck / Left side of neck	Front view of the neck.
Right chest / Left chest	Front chest.
Right upper quadrant / Left upper quadrant	Upper abdomen.
Right lower quadrant / Left lower quadrant	Lower abdomen.
Right hip & groin / Left hip & groin	Front hip and groin.
Right shoulder / Left shoulder	Shoulder on the front figure.
Right upper arm / Left upper arm	Upper arm on the front figure.
Right inner elbow / Left inner elbow	Inner elbow on the front figure.
Right forearm / Left forearm	Forearm on the front figure.
Right wrist / Left wrist	Wrist on the front figure.
Right palm / Left palm	Palm and hand on the front figure.
Right front of thigh / Left front of thigh	Front thigh.
Right knee / Left knee	Knee on the front figure.
Right shin / Left shin	Lower leg on the front figure.
Right ankle / Left ankle	Ankle on the front figure.
Right top of foot / Left top of foot	Top of foot on the front figure.

Back-view region labels

In the Body map section on a patient's chart or in a visit, these are the region labels the back figure can use for previews, pin details, and labels. Use the Back figure (2) to read the back body at a glance, then the focus chips to narrow the view: Torso focus (3), Left arm focus (4), Left hand focus (5), and Left foot focus (6).

Region label	Where it is used
Right back of head / Left back of head	Back view of the head.
Right back of neck / Left back of neck	Back view of the neck.
Cervical spine	Midline cervical spine.
Thoracic spine	Midline thoracic spine.
Lumbar spine	Midline lumbar spine.
Sacrum & coccyx	Midline sacral area.
Right upper back / Left upper back	Upper back beside the spine.
Right mid back / Left mid back	Mid back beside the spine.
Right lower back / Left lower back	Lower back beside the spine.
Right buttock / Left buttock	Buttock on the back figure.
Right shoulder / Left shoulder	Shoulder on the back figure.
Right upper arm (back) / Left upper arm (back)	Upper arm on the back figure.
Right elbow / Left elbow	Elbow on the back figure.
Right forearm (back) / Left forearm (back)	Forearm on the back figure.
Right wrist / Left wrist	Wrist on the back figure.
Right back of hand / Left back of hand	Hand on the back figure.
Right back of thigh / Left back of thigh	Back thigh.
Right back of knee / Left back of knee	Back of knee.
Right calf / Left calf	Calf.
Right Achilles & ankle / Left Achilles & ankle	Achilles area and ankle.
Right heel & sole / Left heel & sole	Heel and sole area.

Access and availability

In the Body map section on a patient's chart, in a visit, and in Charting Sections, these rules control when it appears and what you can do there. Use Settings (1) in the left sidebar, then Charting Sections (2) in the settings menu to turn the section on or off and choose what finding kinds are available.

Rule	What it means
Section availability	Your organization must have Body map turned on in Charting Sections. If the section is off, it does not appear in the chart or visit.
Charting settings	Owners and admins can turn Body map on or off for the patient chart and visits in Charting Sections, and can switch individual finding kinds on or off there.
Enabled kinds	The Place menu shows only the finding kinds your organization has left on. If a kind is switched off later, marks already charted with that kind still stay on the map.
Existing marks with a switched-off kind	If you open a mark whose kind has since been switched off, that kind still stays available on that mark so it can be reviewed or kept.
Patient chart vs visit	In the patient chart, the map shows every body-map mark for the patient. In a visit, it shows only the marks charted in that visit, with other visits available through Earlier visits.
Earlier-finding deduping	In a visit, an earlier finding is not offered again if the current visit already has a mark of the same kind at the same spot.
Read-only state	When the chart or visit is read-only, you can still open pins and read their details, but you cannot place, move, edit, delete, or bring back findings. The Place control is hidden, and the Earlier visits toggle is not shown.
Phone patient chart	In the patient chart, Body map is not shown in the phone layout.

If you use the Body map in visits to pull prior findings into today's note, see Carrying records forward between visits.