Diagnoses are entered at the patient level. However, a particular diagnosis may be related to a specific set of specimens collected. Diagnoses may also be linked to collection events. As a result, patient diagnosis information can be found on all three types of records — patient records, collection records and specimen records. On the patient record, diagnosis information is displayed on the Diagnoses tab. This is also the only place where changes can be made to the diagnosis information itself.

Diagnosis information is also displayed on the right side of the Collection window. This window can edit which patient’s diagnoses the current collection is linked to.

The diagnosis that appears on the specimen window is determined by the collection the specimen belongs to. Diagnosis information appears on the right side of the Patient tab of the specimen window. Diagnosis changes or the link between diagnosis and collection may not be edited on the Specimen window.

Choose a topic for instructions regarding patient diagnoses: Adding a Diagnosis to a Patient RecordLinking an Existing Diagnosis to a Collection.