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Air lets you record, change, and access a patient’s family health history directly on their related-person records. This supports ONC Health IT certification criterion §170.315(a)(12) Family Health History, which requires that a user be able to capture a patient’s family health history as coded data. In Air, family health history is stored on a patient’s Related Persons (for example, a parent, sibling, or grandparent). For each related person you can record one or more conditions, each tagged with an ICD-10 code and a clinical status.

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Open the patient’s demographics

  1. From the left navigation, open the Patients tab and search for the patient by name or MRN.
  2. On the patient’s profile, open the Demographics tab.
Patient Demographics tab in Air showing General Information
  1. Scroll down to the Responsible Parties section. This section has two tabs: Financially Responsible Parties and Related Persons.
  2. Select the Related Persons tab. Family health history is recorded against related persons, and the table includes a dedicated Family Health History column.
Responsible Parties section with the Related Persons tab selected

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Create a Family Health History

To record family health history, you first add the family member as a related person.
  1. On the Related Persons tab, click the + Related Person button.
The Add Related Person button on the Related Persons tab
  1. In the Create Related Person panel, enter the person’s First Name and Last Name, choose their Relationship to the patient, and add their Phone, Email, and Address as needed.
  2. Toggle on Enable Health History. This opens the Family History Conditions widget, where you record the related person’s conditions.
Create Related Person panel with the Enable Health History toggle
  1. In the Family History Conditions widget, select the condition in the Family Health History (ICD-10) field, then choose a Clinical Status for that condition. Click the + icon to add additional conditions for the same person.
Clinical Status dropdown showing the six available statuses Each condition is assigned one of 6 clinical statuses. Use the status that best describes the family member’s current state for that condition:
Clinical StatusWhat it means
ActiveThe condition is currently present and active for the family member.
RecurrenceThe condition has returned after a prior period of remission or resolution.
RelapseThe condition has returned after a period during which it was inactive.
InactiveThe condition is not currently active, but is being recorded as part of the history.
RemissionThe signs and symptoms are largely or fully absent, though the underlying condition may still be present.
ResolvedThe condition has fully resolved and is no longer present.
  1. Click Create Related Person to save. The family health history is stored on the related person under Responsible Parties.
✨Smart Tip: Record each diagnosis as its own condition row so every entry carries its own ICD-10 code and clinical status. This keeps the patient’s family history accurate and exportable as coded data.

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Edit a Family Health History

To add or modify conditions for a family member you have already created:
  1. On the Related Persons tab, click the pencil (edit) icon next to the person.
Pencil edit icon on a related person row
  1. In the Edit Related Person panel, make sure Enable Health History is toggled on, then use the Family History Conditions widget to add, change, or remove conditions—just as you did when creating the person.
  2. To delete a condition, click the X to the right of that condition row.
  3. Click Update Related Person to save your changes.
Edit Related Person panel with the Family History Conditions widget

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FAQ

Family health history lives on the patient’s Related Persons, found under Demographics → Responsible Parties → Related Persons. The table includes a Family Health History column so you can see at a glance which related persons have conditions recorded.
Yes. In the Family History Conditions widget, click the + icon to add another condition row. Each row has its own Family Health History (ICD-10) code and Clinical Status, so you can record as many conditions as needed for one person.
Click the pencil icon next to the related person to open the Edit Related Person panel, then click the X to the right of the condition you want to remove. Click Update Related Person to save.Note: Deleting a condition removes it from that related person’s family history.