# Displaying Expressions in an EHR

The approach to the display of postcoordinated expressions will depend on how they are created, stored, and exchanged.

But the general recommendation is to display the expressions in the same way as they were entered or confirmed by the user.\
For example, if the expression has been constructed from the selections made in a form, the display of the expression would involve rendering the selected terms with an indication of the context in which the value was selected. Some situations may, however, require a single term to be constructed for an expression, e.g. to support data exchange.

The following pages introduce general approaches to the creation of display terms for postcoordinated expressions.

{% content-ref url="displaying-expressions-in-an-ehr/manual-creation-of-display-terms" %}
[manual-creation-of-display-terms](https://docs.snomed.org/snomed-ct-practical-guides/snomed-ct-postcoordination-guide/expressions-in-the-ehr/displaying-expressions-in-an-ehr/manual-creation-of-display-terms)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="displaying-expressions-in-an-ehr/automatic-creation-of-display-terms" %}
[automatic-creation-of-display-terms](https://docs.snomed.org/snomed-ct-practical-guides/snomed-ct-postcoordination-guide/expressions-in-the-ehr/displaying-expressions-in-an-ehr/automatic-creation-of-display-terms)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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