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Produced: 03/29/2023 6:56 PM
Inquiry Details
References:
2007 SEER Manual, 3-4
Question:
Reportability/AmbiguousTerminology: Because there is a caveat in the SEER PCM, 3rd edition to ignore adverbs such as "strongly" when assessing reportability, should a term such as "likely" cancerous be reportable given than the expression "most likely" cancerous is reportable?
Discussion:
Answer:
"Likely cancerous" is NOT reportable.
The CoC, NPCR and SEER have agreed to a strict interpretation of the ambiguous terms list. Terms that do not appear on the list are not diagnostic of cancer.
History:
Prior to 1/1/2010
"Likely cancerous" is reportable. See the 2004 SEER Manual, page 4, note under 1.b. "Most likely" appears on the reportable list. "Likely" is a form of "Most likely."
Reference: 2004 SEER Manual pg 3-5
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
N/A
Other Category:
Ambiguous terminology, Reportability
Year:
2005
Date Last Modified:
03/16/2023
