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Specimen Collection Site

2003-08-22
Definition: This field differs from SPM-8-Specimen Source Site in those cases where the source site must be approached via a particular site (e.g., anatomic location). For example, in the case where a liver biopsy is obtained via a percutaneous needle, the collection site would be the point of entry of the needle. For venous blood collected from the left radial vein, the collection site could be _antecubital fossa_.

Veterinary medicine may choose the tables supported for the components of this field as decided by their industry.

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0543Specimen Collection Site
9 components
1O-Identifier
2O-Text
3OName of Coding System
4O-Alternate Identifier
5O-Alternate Text
6OName of Alternate Coding System
7C-Coding System Version ID
8O-Alternate Coding System Version ID
9O-Original Text