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Controlled terminology is used in the following ways to support implementation of standards.

Controlled terminology is used in the following ways to support data collection:

1. To collect data using controlled terms (e.g., Mild, Moderate, Severe)
   1. Where appropriate a subset of a terms may be used rather than all available terms.
2. To ask a specific question on the CRF (e.g., Temperature)
3. To create a variable name in the database (e.g., TEMP for the collection of vital sign data when a unique variable name must be created for each vital sign result).

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The following is appliable when implementing controlled terminology in tabulation datasets.

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