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Example E6 might be abstracted as follows:<br />

2/17/91. Thermograms, Bilat.: WNL.<br />

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Comment: Note R/O means "Rule out" breast cancer. It is a directive, not a diagnosis.<br />

An x-ray report may result from a request <strong>for</strong> consultation from another department in the<br />

hospital. The radiologist will then read the x-ray film and prepare an x-ray consultation report. A<br />

request <strong>for</strong> consultation is illustrated on the next page (Example E7). Abstract what you think is<br />

pertinent in the report and then compare with the suggested abstraction on page 61.<br />

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