"Question ID","Question","Discussion","Answer","Year" "20220011","

Reportability/Ambiguous Terminology:  When the only source of information states the diagnosis as two terms, one reportable and one non-reportable, separated by a ""slash"" (/), should we report the case using the reportable term?  See Discussion.

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For example:

-ultrasound of the right eye: consistent with a nevoma/melanoma; we could not find any indication that nevoma is a reportable term

-bladder biopsy pathology report:  severe urothelial dysplasia/carcinoma in situ (CIS)

As a central registry, we receive some limited information cases like this where there is no record of treatment or possibility to follow-back to physicians for clarification, so we want to make sure we are reporting them correctly.

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If possible, try to obtain further information.

If no further information can be obtained, accession the case using the reportable term, melanoma and CIS in the respective examples, when there is a single report in which both reportable and non-reportable diagnostic terms are listed with a slash and there is no other information.  Most often, the slash indicates the terms are being used synonymously.

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