C.8.11.6 Mammography Series Module

C.8.11.6 Mammography Series Module (Current)
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Table C.8-73 specifies the Attributes of the Mammography Series Module, which identify and describe general information about a Digital Mammography Series.

Table C.8-73. Mammography Series Module Attributes

Attribute Name	Tag	Type	Attribute Description
Modality	(0008,0060)	1	Type of device, process or method that originally acquired the data used to create the images in this Series. Enumerated Values: MG See Section C.7.3.1.1.1 for further explanation.
Request Attributes Sequence	(0040,0275)	3	Sequence that contains Attributes from the Imaging Service Request. One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence.
>Include Table 10-9 “Request Attributes Macro Attributes”	Reason for Requested Procedure Code Sequence (0040,100A) BCID 6051 “Breast Procedure Reason” and BCID 6055 “Breast Clinical Finding or Indicated Problem”. No Baseline CIDs are defined for other Attributes. Note For example, Reason for Requested Procedure Code Sequence (0040,100A) may be used to convey whether the images in the Series were taken for screening or diagnostic purposes, if the information cannot be found in Reason For Performed Procedure Code Sequence (0040,1012) in the General Study Module.

Attribute Name

Tag

Type

Attribute Description

Modality

(0008,0060)

Type of device, process or method that originally acquired the data used to create the images in this Series.

Enumerated Values:

MG

See Section C.7.3.1.1.1 for further explanation.

Request Attributes Sequence

(0040,0275)

Sequence that contains Attributes from the Imaging Service Request.

One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence.

>Include Table 10-9 “Request Attributes Macro Attributes”

Reason for Requested Procedure Code Sequence (0040,100A) BCID 6051 “Breast Procedure Reason” and BCID 6055 “Breast Clinical Finding or Indicated Problem”.

No Baseline CIDs are defined for other Attributes.

Note

For example, Reason for Requested Procedure Code Sequence (0040,100A) may be used to convey whether the images in the Series were taken for screening or diagnostic purposes, if the information cannot be found in Reason For Performed Procedure Code Sequence (0040,1012) in the General Study Module.

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