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titleYou can request terms that are not in the NCIt

If EVS has not published the term you are searching for, you can request that they create a new term. See Requesting New Disease/Condition Terms.

How to Import Disease/Condition Terms

  1. On the menu, click Manage NCIt Terms.
    The Manage NCIt Terms page displays a menu for managing disease terms.
    Manage NCIt Disease Terms menu
  2. Click Manage NCIt Disease Terms > Import/Sync Term with NCIt.
    The Import New Disease/Condition from NCIt page appears.
    Import New Disease Condition from NCIt page with Look Up button
  3. Enter the term's NCIt identifier code, and then click Look Up.

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    titleUse the NCI Thesaurus to find the term identifier

    If you do not know the term's NCIt code, you can search for it in the NCIt at http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/.

    The Import New Disease/Condition From NCIt page is pre-populated with the NCIt identifier, Preferred and Display names, synonyms, and parent/child terms.
    Import New Disease Condition from NCIt page with data from NCIt

  4. To change the Display Name, begin entering characters in the name. As the system displays a list of recommendations that include your characters, select the display name from the list.

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    You can enter a Display Name in free-form text without selecting one from the list of recommendations.

  5. Click Import. Anchor  81308130
    The system imports, and then synchronizes, the disease term, including all of its parent and children terms.