Laboratory Electronic Pathology Reporting Guidelines

• Laboratory Electronic Pathology Reporting Guidelines v5.1 – (revised March 2024)
  • Summary of Changes from Version 5 to 5.1
  • Appendix A CAP Definition of Synoptic Reporting
  • Appendix B Code Tables
  • Appendix C Detailed HL7 Data Type Specifications
  • Appendix D HL7 Summary Table
  • Appendix E Samples, Examples, and FAQs – (revised July 2024)
  • Appendix F Mapping to Data Dictionary Data Items

Prior Pathology Laboratory Electronic Reporting Guidelines

• NAACCR Volume V XML Data Dictionary v5.0
• Pathology Laboratory Electronic Reporting, Version 5.0 – May 2020; (revised July 2020)
  • Summary of Changes from Version 4.0 to 5.0 – (December 2020)
• Pathology Laboratory Electronic Reporting Version 4.0 – April 2011

• • Includes HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guidelines with rules for formatting messages carrying synoptic reports (Chapter 3).

• • Summary of Changes from Version 3 to 4

• • List of Mnemonic Codes for Standards Volume V, Version 4.0, Appendix A Code Tables– May 2014

• Pathology Laboratory Electronic Reporting Version 2.2 – revised February 2009

• • Includes HL7 Version 2.3.1 Implementation Guidelines
  • Includes Pipe-Delimited Format

• • OBR-4 Universal Service ID, LOINC table

• NPCR-NOAH Flat File v2 – (April 2024)

Prior Content and MWB

Prior Content

• Standards Volume V Supplement – January 2014
• Standards Volume V Summary Table for HL7 Version 2.3.1 – January 2014
• Electronic Pathology Reporting Guidelines – September 2011

• NAACCR Path Lab Search Terms – search terms list for screening pathology reports text

• CAP Checklist Template Version Ckeys

Messaging Workbench (MWB) Tool

• Download Messaging Workbench from HL7.org (full install of 6.7.1)
• Patch to Upgrade from 6.7 to 6.7.1

• Instructions for Downloading and Installing the MWB and the NAACCR Profile

A profile for the HL7 (MWB) was developed to aid with the implementation of Volume V – compliant HL7 interfaces. The MWB is a standalone application that can be used to validate the conformance of HL7 messages with the latest Volume V standard.

MWB Version 4.0 Profiles

• MWB Version 4.0 Constrainable profile – April 2011
• MWB Version 4.0 Implementable profile – April 2011

• Readme Text

Older Versions

• MWB Version 3.1 Profile
• MWB Version 2.3.1 Profile

A profile for the HL7 (MWB) was developed to aid with the implementation of Volume V compliant HL7 interfaces. The MWB is a standalone application that can be used to validate the conformance of HL7 messages with the latest Volume V standard.