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Question 20041081

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References:

2004 SEER Manual, 31

Question:

Reporting Source: Is an ER patient who is diagnosed on peripheral smear with an acute leukemia coded as an outpatient if the patient died while in the process of being admitted for treatment or is the patient coded as a death certificate case?

Discussion:

Answer:

Code reporting source as 1 [Hospital Inpatient/Outpatient or Clinic] for the case above. This case will be abstracted using information from the outpatient/ER record (and the death certificate).

Cancer Site Category:

N/A

Data Item Category:

Reporting Source

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2004