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name

RACE CODE FOR ONCOLOGY

number

164.46

location

^ONCO(164.46,

description

This file contains codes used to record the patient's race in the RACE Field (#8) of the ONCOLOGY PATIENT File (#160). The codes are derived from the ACOS Data Acquisition Manual. 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	number		11			This is the race code as listed in the ACOS Data Acquisition Manual.
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the name of the race or race group.