"Question ID","Question","Discussion","Answer","Year" "20010006","Terminology/EOD-Clinical Extension--Prostate: Is ""firm"" a term that implies clinically apparent prostate disease? See discussion.","

PE: Prostate firm on DRE

IMP: Rule out prostate cancer

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For cases diagnosed between 1998-2003:

Code the EOD-Clinical Extension field to clinically inapparent. The clinically apparent term list classifies ""firm"" as ""maybe"" being involved. If a maybe term such as ""firm"" is the only description available, code as clinically inapparent.

","2001"