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APPENDIX F SPELLING WORDS FOR SuperMICAR DATA ENTRY

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION<br />

This manual documents: (1) creation of a <strong>SuperMICAR</strong> file, (2)<br />

instructions for machine entry of selected data from the demographic<br />

portion of a death certificate, and (3) entry of the information reported in<br />

the Medical Certification Section into machine-acceptable language. It<br />

is to be used in conjunction with the special rules booklet 1 for a given<br />

State. Training in medical terminology and anatomy are suggested as a<br />

means to help read the many variations in reporting of a medical term.<br />

For additional information about <strong>SuperMICAR</strong> features, see the MMDS<br />

help document.<br />

The ICD is not needed by the operator. MICAR internally performs all<br />

conversions to ICD multiple cause codes based on the data input and its<br />

“knowledge” of the coding rules contained in Part 2b of the Vital<br />

Statistics Instruction Manual Series. In addition, MICAR permanently<br />

retains entity reference numbers for each term reported on a death<br />

certificate for use in retrieval of data for specific disease research.<br />

Questions encountered during actual data entry of death records<br />

should be resolved as follows in the order indicated:<br />

1. Refer to Table of Contents of this manual<br />

2. Refer to MMDS Help document<br />

3. Refer question to supervisor<br />

4. Refer question to NCHS staff – State Specialist first<br />

Then email: ICD10@cdc.gov<br />

1 A document that describes certificate format variations unique to each State along with<br />

any special rules for handling these variations in the coding process.<br />

2 2s January 2006

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