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Anatomical Pathology Reports to the Cancer Registries

One of the smaller apps that aren't looked on with all of the prestige of an institution are the cancer registry applications.

However, having AP reports automatically interfaced into the cancer registry system through the use of HL7 will save the cancer registrars hours of manual redundant data entry.

NAACR has a draft guide for implementing AP reports to the Cancer Registries via HL7.

The highlights are that AP needs to use three coding systems (listed below) and then its HL7 interface fun as usual.
1.) Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINCÒ) for specific laboratory procedure names.
2) The Systematized Nomenclature for Human and Veterinary Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CTÒ) for descriptions of findings, notably organism names.
3) International Classification of Diseases, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM) coding system to code signs, symptoms, injuries, diseases, and conditions.

Now the question is how many AP systems utilize all the codes, not just one or the other?