This field reflects the type of report transmitted to the cancer registry and may need to be classified at the central cancer registry.
This data item accommodates information for only one path report. If additional path reports were prepared, enter the path report type(s) in Path Report Type 4 through Path Report Type 5 [7433-7484]. Information in this data item should refer to the path report described in data items 7012, 7102, 7092, 7192, and 7322.
This variable is primarily used for administrative purposes at the cancer registry.
Cancer registries collect cancer information from various sources including pathology laboratories. Pathology reports of different types may be sent via HL7 messages. Included here are data items coming from such a message to be included in the cancer registry database to aid in consolidating a cancer case when there is information from multiple sources. Traditionally, these data items were not part of the NAACCR Standards Volume II record layout and therefore provide a link to NAACCR Standards Volume V.
http://www.naaccr.org/standardsandregistryoperations/volumev.aspx