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title: How to Add EMR Diagnosis
description: "# Adding EMR diagnosis to Legend - Go to **Settings** - Inside Settings, go to **Plan** - Under Plan, click on **Diagnosis**tab - Click on **Add** button ## Adding Diagnosis The following screen is displayed: ![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Adding-diagnosis-in-emr-e1728918275395-1024x291.png) - Add **Diagnosis** (diagnosis…"
url: "https://legendehr.com/docs/how-to-add-emr-diagnosis/"
updated: "2024-10-14"
category: LegendEHR / Settings
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# How to Add EMR Diagnosis

# Adding EMR diagnosis to Legend

- Go to **Settings**
- Inside Settings, go to **Plan**
- Under Plan, click on **Diagnosis**tab
- Click on **Add** button

## Adding Diagnosis

The following screen is displayed:

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Adding-diagnosis-in-emr-e1728918275395-1024x291.png)

- Add **Diagnosis** (diagnosis name)
- Select **Dx Type** (Inflammation or Growth)
- Add **Treatment Notes**
- Add **Dx Abbreviation**
- Select **Gender** which the diagnosis applies on
- Add **Description** for the diagnosis
- Select if the Dx is coded or non-coded
- Add **Assessment**
- Select **Severity** (Minor, Acute, Chronic, Uncertain, Life Threatening)
- Select **Progression**
- Click on **Add** button

## Adding codes, speciality, patient education, procedure, referrals and instructions against a diagnosis

When you click on the **Add** button, an option to add further information to the diagnosis will appear.

### Adding code to the diagnosis

- Select the **Code** tab
- Click **Add**![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/adding-codes-to-diagnosis-1024x226.png)

The following pop-up appears:

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/diagnosis-codes.png)

- Input **ICD9**, **ICD10** and **SNOMED** codes
- Input ages, dates
- Add Billing sites
  - Select a billing site
  - Click **Add Site** button
- Click on **Add** button

### Adding Specialities

- Click on **Specialties** tab
- Select the checkbox against the speciality for the diagnosis

![](https://legendehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Diagnosis-specialties-1024x725.png)

Similarly, click on Patient Education, Procedures, Referrals, Instructions tabs to add required information against the diagnosis. When the information has been added in

- Click on **Update** button
- Diagnosis will be added in the system