SEER Inquiry System - Report
Produced: 10/15/2025 4:41 PM
Question 20071114
Inquiry Details
References:
2007 SEER Manual, 4
Question:
Discussion:
Answer:
Accept the reportable ambiguous terminology from the body of the mammogram. Record the date of the mammogram as the date of diagnosis.
The guidelines on page 4 of the 2007 SEER manual addressing discrepancies within the medical record can be applied to discrepancies within one report.
The instructions are:
If one section of the medical record(s) uses a reportable term such as
apparently and another section of the medical record(s) uses a term that is not on the reportable list, accept the reportable term and accession the case.