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name

GRADE

number

164.43

location

^ONCO(164.43,

description

This file contains codes used to record the grade of tumor in the GRADE Field (#24) of the ONCOLOGY PRIMARY File (#165.5). This file comes with data, which overwrite the site's data. It is not recommended that sites modify this file.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.001	code		11			This field contains the code identifying the grade of tumor.
.01	short description(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the brief indicator of grade as it will appear on the abstract.
1	explanation	0;2	FREE TEXT			This field contains text that guides the user in selecting among codes.
2	abbreviation	0;3	FREE TEXT			This field contains a 1-2 character abbreviation for tabular reports.