Preferred Label : Follow-up contact supplemental information:Prid:Pt: Patient:Nom:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Follow-up contact supplemental information;
LOINC short name : Follow-up contact sup info;
LOINC description : This data item provides the ability to store additional address information such as
the name of a place or facility, a nursing home, or the name of an apartment complex.
It can be used to generate a follow-up inquiry, and must correspond to the other fields
in the follow-up contact address. If the patient has multiple tumors, Follow-Up Contact--Suppl
should be the same for all tumors. U.S. addresses should conform to the USPS Postal
Addressing Standards. These standards are referenced in USPS Pub. 28, November 2000,
Postal Addressing Standards. The current USPS Pub. 28 may be found and downloaded
from the following website: http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/Pub28/pub28.pdf. Canadian
addresses should conform to the Canada Postal Guide. The current Canada Postal Guide
may be found at the following website: http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/b03-e.asp#top.
Sometimes registries carry out follow-up by contacting the patient and other contacts
by a letter or phone call to ascertain their vital status. When a patient's current
address is unknown or the patient is for some reason not to be contacted (e.g., patient
is a minor child), the most current name, address and phone number of another contact,
such as a relative or neighbor are needed. This information may also be useful for
conducting epidemiological or research studies. Coding Instructions (summary of USPS
guidelines) The address should be fully spelled out with standardized use of abbreviations
and punctuation per USPS postal addressing standards (USPS Postal Addressing Standards,
Pub. 28, November 2000). Upper case recommended. Mixed case allowed. Abbreviations
should be limited to those recognized by the Postal Service standard abbreviations,
these include but are not limited to (a complete list of recognized abbreviations
is provided in Appendix C of USPS Pub. 28): .. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary
Version 11;
Origin ID : 42078-6;
UMLS CUI : C1625741;
Has component
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