Records the date and time the specimen for the report on the cancer was collected, not the date read, interpreted or typed.

This data item accommodates only one path report; if additional path reports were prepared, enter the date the specimen was collected in Path Date Spec Collect No 3 through Path Date Spec Collect No 5 [7322-7324]. Information in this data item should refer to the path report described in data items 7011, 7091, 7101, 7191, and 7481.
 
This is a field to record when specimens are collected; can be used as approximate date of diagnosis in absence of other information. HL7 OBR-7 records the date and time (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). NAACCR records the date and time (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss+zz:zz). Partial dates are allowed (e.g. year + month).”

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>