Some computer edits identify errors. Others indicate possible errors that require manual review for resolution. To eliminate the need to review the same cases repeatedly, over-ride flags have been developed to indicate that data in a record (or records) have been reviewed and, while unusual, are correct. This over-ride is used with the following edit in the NAACCR Metafile of the EDITS software: Accession Number, Class of Case, Seq Number (COC)... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Accession number & class of case & sequence number override flag
property
Arb = Arbitrary
time
Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
Access num; Arbitrary; Ascn/class/seq O/R; CA; Misc; Miscellaneous; No; Num; Oncology; Ordinal; Other; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Unspecified