SEER Inquiry System - Report
Produced: 11/21/2024 7:27 PM
Question 20081033
Inquiry Details
References:
2007 SEER Manual, 3
Question:
Ambiguous terminology: Is the phrase "malignancy is highly considered" reportable given that the phrase "considered to be malignant" is reportable per SINQ 20061094?
Discussion:
Answer:
"Malignancy is highly considered" is not a reportable ambiguous term.
Diagnoses qualified by the phrase "considered to be malignant" are reportable because this phrase is interpreted as "This diagnosis is malignant."
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
N/A
Other Category:
Ambiguous terminology
Year:
2008