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Length: 8
Source of Standard: SEER
Section Name: Cancer Identification
Year Implemented: 2006
Version Implemented: 11
Record Types: A, M, C, I
XML NAACCR ID: dateConclusiveDx
Parent XML Element: Tumor
Alternate Names:
- Date of Conclusive Diagnosis
- Date of Conclusive Terminology
- Date of Conclusive DX
Required Status:
NPCR Collect: . - No recommendations
CoC Collect: RH - Historically collected and currently transmitted
SEER Collect: RH - Historically collected and currently transmitted
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations
Description:
Documents the date when a conclusive cancer diagnosis (definite statement of malignancy) is made following an initial diagnosis that was based only on ambiguous terminology. See Data Descriptor Table for date format. Use DATE CONCLUSIVE DX FLAG [448] if there is no appropriate or known date for this item.
Formerly Date of Conclusive DX.
Rationale:
This date will allow analysis of the primary site locations and frequency of cases that were originally diagnosed by ambiguous terminology and later confirmed by other conclusive method.
This date will also allow for analysis of the time interval between cancer diagnosis based on ambiguous terminology and confirmation of the cancer diagnosis by conclusive means.
Format:
YYYYMMDD
Item Data Type:
date
Allowable Values
Valid date
Codes:
Refer to <http://seer.cancer.gov/tools/mphrules/index.html> for additional instructions