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Using the format table, you can determine that you must enter the Patient's Date of Birth in the sixth position in a row in the PATIENTS table as YYYYMM. The following diagram contains a typical line of text from a batch file. Brackets with numbers indicate the field position number.

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In the example above, 

  • The fifth field position (5) is null (blank) because it (Country of Residence) is a conditionally requiredfield and in this example is not required. 
  • The ninth field position (9) is null (blank) because it (Payment Method) is no longer a field that can be inputted. 
  • The eleventh field position (11) is null (blank) because it (Registering Group Identifier) is no longer a field that can be inputted. 

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For trials using ICD-O-3 terminology, use this position for Site and/or Histology Codes. When using both Site and Histology codes, separate them by a semicolon ( ; ).      

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