Ambiguous Terminology DX

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID	NAACCR ID
E1073	442

NAACCR NAME

Ambiguous Terminology DX (#442)

RASP NAME

None

DESCRIPTION

Identifies cases for which an ambiguous term is the most definitive word or phrase used to establish a cancer diagnosis.  This field is allowed to be blank because the item is not required for all years of diagnosis.

LEVELS

Tumors, Admissions

LENGTH

1

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er284 Ambiguous Terminology DX

Codes

	(refer to SEER.cancer.gov/tools/mphrules for additional instructions)
0	Conclusive term
1	Ambiguous term only
2	Ambiguous term followed by conclusive term
9	Unknown term
Blank	Date of Diagnosis is before January 1, 2007. Or, data not collected for Year DX 2013 or later.

SOURCE

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UPDATE

Tumor level

New Case Consolidation

If the admission and tumor’s Ambiguous Terminology DX values are not the same, then list for review.

Manual Change

Admission Level

Manual Change

Correction/Update Record Applied

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

IF739 Ambiguous Terminology DX, Date of DX

IF758 Ambig Term DX, Date Conclusive DX

HISTORICAL CHANGES

8/15/06	New data item for 2007.
2010	2010 Data Changes:  Update logic rewritten to list for review (was manual).