Appendix U: Data Items and their Required Status

Appendix U is intended to be used by registrars to understand the data collection requirement status for each data item.

Reporting requirements are not uniform for all cancer reporting facilities.  Consult the following table to determine which data items must be reported:

Key to Symbols

no

Not required. It is optional for the facility to submit this data item value to the central registry.

yes

Required. The facility must submit this data item value to the central registry.

yes*

Required if available. If the information can be obtained, the facility must submit it to the central registry. If not available or not applicable, may be left blank.

conditional

Required on selected cases dependent on one or more conditions being true, such as the case’s diagnosis date being before or after a certain date.

gen

Required, but the facility’s registry software must generate the data item value based on a standard algorithm, rather than a user manually entering the data item value.

 

Items that are facility-generated are described in more detail, including allowable values in Cancer Reporting in California, Data Standards for Regional Registries and California Cancer Registry (California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III). California Cancer Reporting System Standards: Volume III can be accessed here.

Table of Data Items and Their Required Status

Item Name

RX Ctr

Hosp> CCR

Abstractor

yes

yes

Accession Number (Hosp)

yes

yes

ACoS Approved Flag

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - City

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - Country

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - County

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - No. & Street

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - No. & Street Supplemental

yes*

yes*

Address at Diagnosis - State

yes

yes

Address at Diagnosis - Zip Code

yes

yes

Age at Diagnosis

gen

gen

Alias First Name

yes*

yes*

Alias Last Name

yes*

yes*

Ambiguous Terminology DX

conditional

conditional

Birthplace

no

no

Birthplace - Country

yes

yes

Birthplace - State

yes

yes

Casefinding Source

yes

yes

Cause of Death

no

no

Chemotherapy at This Facility

yes

yes

Chemotherapy Summary

yes

yes

Class of Case

yes

yes

Coding Procedure

gen

gen

Comorbidity Complications 1

yes

yes

Comorbidity Complications 2 - 10

yes*

yes*

Contact Address - City

yes*

yes*

Contact Address - Country

yes

yes

Contact Address - No & Street

yes*

yes*

Contact Street - No & Street Supplemental

yes*

yes*

Contact Address - State

yes*

yes*

Contact Address - Zip Code

yes*

yes*

Contact Name

yes*

yes*

CS Tumor Size

conditional

conditional

CS Extension

conditional

conditional

CS Tumor Size/Extension Evaluation

conditional

conditional

CS Lymph Nodes

conditional

conditional

CS Lymph Nodes Evaluation

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis at Diagnosis

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis at Diagnosis Bone

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis at Diagnosis Brain

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis at Diagnosis Liver

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis at Diagnosis Lung

conditional

conditional

CS Metastasis Evaluation

conditional

conditional

CS Site Specific Factor 1 - 25

conditional

conditional

CS Version Derived

conditional

conditional

CS Version Input Current

yes

yes

CS Version Original

yes

yes

Date Case Initiated

gen

gen

Date of Birth

yes

yes

Date of Birth Flag

yes

yes

Date of Chemotherapy

yes*

yes*

Date of Chemotherapy Flag

yes

yes

Date of Conclusive DX

conditional

conditional

Date of Conclusive DX Flag

conditional

conditional

Date of Diagnosis

yes

yes

Date of Diagnosis Flag

yes

yes

Date of First Admission

yes

yes

Date of First Contact Flag

yes

yes

Date of Hormone Therapy

yes*

yes*

Date of Hormone Therapy Flag

yes

yes

Date of Immunotherapy

yes*

yes*

Date of Immunotherapy Flag

yes

yes

Date of Inpatient Admission

no

yes*

Date of Inpatient Admission Flag

yes

yes

Date of Inpatient Discharge

no

yes*

Date of Inpatient Discharge Flag

yes

yes

Date of Last Patient Contact or Death

yes

yes

Date of Last Patient Contact or Death Flag

yes

yes

Date of Last Tumor Status

yes

yes

Date of Most Definitive Surgery of the Primary Site

yes*

yes*

Date of Most Definitive Surgery of the Primary Site Flag

yes

yes

Date of Multiple Tumors

conditional

conditional

Date of Multiple Tumors Flag

conditional

conditional

Date of Other Therapy

yes*

yes*

Date of Other Therapy Flag

yes

yes

Date of Radiation

yes*

yes*

Date of Radiation Flag

yes

yes

Date of Surgery

yes*

yes*

Date of Surgery Flag

yes

yes

Date of Surgery Diagnostic or Staging Procedures

yes*

yes*

Date of Surgery Diagnostic or Staging Procedures Flag

yes

yes

Date of Surgery Procedures 1-3

yes*

yes*

Date of Surgery Procedures 1-3 Flag

yes

yes

Date of Systemic Therapy

yes*

yes*

Date of Systemic Therapy Flag

yes

yes

Date of Transplant/Endocrine Procedures

yes*

yes*

Date of Transplant/Endocrine Procedures Flag

yes

yes

Death File Number

no

no

Diagnostic Confirmation

yes

yes

Discovered by Screening

yes*

yes*

EOD Extension

conditional

conditional

EOD Extension (Path)

conditional

conditional

EOD - Lymph Node Involvement

conditional

conditional

EOD - Tumor Size

conditional

conditional

Facility Number (Reporting)

yes

yes

Facility Patient Number

no

no

Facility Referred From

yes

yes

Facility Referred To

yes

yes

First Name

yes

yes

Follow up Contact Address - City Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact Address - Country Other

yes

yes

Follow up Contact Address - County Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact Address - No. & Street Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact Address - No. & Street Other Supplemental

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact Address - State Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact Address - Zip Code Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Contact - Name Other

yes*

yes*

Follow up Facility (Last)

yes

yes

Follow up Facility (Next)

no

no

Follow up Last Type (Patient)

yes

yes

Follow up Last Type (Tumor)

yes

yes

Follow up Next Type

yes*

yes*

Grade Path Value

conditional

conditional

Grade Path System

conditional

conditional

Height

yes*

yes*

Histology Text

yes

yes

Histology Behavior (ICD-O-2)

conditional

conditional

Histology Behavior (ICD-O-3)

yes

yes

Histology Grade/Differentiation

yes

yes

Histology Type (ICD-O-2)

conditional

conditional

Histology Type (ICD-O-3)

yes

yes

Hormone Therapy at This Facility

yes

yes

Hormone Therapy Summary

yes

yes

ICD Revision Comorbidities

yes*

yes*

ICD-O-3 Conversion Flag

yes

yes

Immunotherapy at This Facility

yes

yes

Immunotherapy Summary

yes

yes

Industry Text

yes

yes

Last Name

yes

yes

Laterality

yes

yes

Lymph-Vascular Invasion

conditional

conditional

Maiden Name

yes*

yes*

Marital Status

yes

yes

Medical Record Number

yes*

yes*

Mets at DX-Bone  

yes

yes

Mets at DX-Brain  

yes

yes

Mets at DX-Distant LN  

yes

yes

Mets at DX-Liver   

yes

yes

Mets at DX-Lung  

yes

yes

Mets at DX-Other  

yes

yes

Middle Name

yes*

yes*

Mothers First Name

yes*

yes*

Multiple Tumors Reported as One Primary

conditional

conditional

Multiplicity Counter

conditional

conditional

Name Suffix

yes*

yes*

NPI Reporting Facility

yes*

yes*

NPI Facility Referred From

yes*

yes*

NPI Facility Referred To

yes*

yes*

NPI Following Registry

no

no

NPI Physician-Managing

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician-Primary Surgeon

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician-Follow-up

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician 3

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician 4

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician Other 1

yes*

yes*

NPI Physician Other 2

yes*

yes*

NPI Archive FIN

no

no

Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Examined Surgery Summary

conditional

conditional

Occupation Text

yes

yes

Other Therapy at This Facility

yes

yes

Other Therapy Summary

yes

yes

Over-ride Flags

conditional

conditional

Path Date Specimen Collected 1-5

yes*

yes*

Path Report Numbers 1-5

yes*

yes*

Path Report Type 1-5

yes*

yes*

Path Reporting Facility ID 1-5

yes*

yes*

Patient No Research Contact Flag

yes

yes

Payment Source (Primary)

yes

yes

Payment Source (Secondary)

yes*

yes*

Payment Source Text

yes

yes

Pediatric Stage

yes*

yes*

Pediatric Stage - Staged By

yes*

yes*

Pediatric Stage System

yes*

yes*

Phone Number (Patient)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Managing)

yes

yes

Physician (Following)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Medical Oncologist)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Other)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Other)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Radiation Oncologist)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Referring)

yes*

yes*

Physician (Surgeon)

yes*

yes*

Place of Death

no

no

Place of Death - Country

yes

yes

Place of Death - State

yes

yes

Place of Diagnosis - Text

yes*

yes*

Protocol Participation

yes*

yes*

Quality of Survival

no

no

Race 1 - 5

yes

yes

Radiation at This Facility

no

no

Radiation - Boost RX Modality

yes

yes

Radiation - Location of Treatment

yes

yes

Radiation - Regional RX Modality

yes

yes

Radiation Summary

yes

yes

Radiation/Surgery Sequence

yes

yes

Reason for No Radiation

yes

yes

Reason for No Surgery

yes

yes

Recurrence Date

no

no

Recurrence Type

no

no

Regional Data

yes*

yes*

Regional Nodes Examined

yes

yes

Regional Nodes Positive

yes

yes

Religion

yes

yes

Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery 98-02 Summary

conditional

conditional

Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery Summary

yes

yes

Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery Procedures 1-3

yes

yes

Secondary Diagnosis 1

yes

yes

Secondary Diagnosis 2 - 10

yes*

yes*

Sequence Number

yes

yes

Sex

yes

yes

Site - Text

yes

yes

Site - Primary

yes

yes

Social Security Number

yes

yes

Social Security Number Suffix

yes*

yes*

Source Comorbidity

conditional

conditional

Spanish/Hispanic Origin

yes

yes

Stage - Alternate

yes*

yes*

Staging - Text

yes*

yes*

Summary Stage 1977

conditional

conditional

Summary Stage 2000

yes

yes

Surgery at This Facility Diagnostic or Staging Procedure

yes

yes

Surgery of Primary Site 98-02 Summary

conditional

conditional

Surgery at This Facility

yes

yes

Surgery of Primary Site Summary

yes

yes

Surgery of Primary Site Procedures 1-3

yes

yes

Surgery of Other Site Summary 98-02

conditional

conditional

Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s), or Distant Lymph Node(s)Summary

yes

yes

Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s), or Distant Lymph Node(s) Procedures  1-3

yes

yes

Surgery Summary Diagnostic or Staging Procedure

yes

yes

Surgery Summary Reconstructive

yes*

yes*

Surgical Margins Summary

yes

yes

Systemic/Surgery Sequence

yes

yes

Text DxProc Lab Tests

yes*

yes*

Text DxProc Operative

yes*

yes*

Text DxProc Pathological

yes*

yes*

Text DxProc PE

yes*

yes*

Text DxProc Scopes

yes*

yes*

Text DxProc Xray

yes*

yes*

Text Remarks and Final DX

yes*

yes*

Text RX Chemotherapy

yes*

yes*

Text RX Hormone Therapy

yes*

yes*

Text RX Immunotherapy

yes*

yes*

Text RX Other Therapy

yes*

yes*

Text RX Radiation (Beam)

yes*

yes*

Text RX Radiation (Other)

yes*

yes*

Text RX Surgery

yes*

yes*

TNM Descriptor (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM Descriptor (Path)

yes

yes

TNM Edition

yes

yes

TNM M Code (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM M Code (Path)

yes

yes

TNM N Code (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM N Code (Path)  

yes

yes

TNM Stage Group (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM Stage Group (Path)

yes

yes

TNM Stage By (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM Stage By (Path)

yes

yes

TNM T Code (Clinical)

yes

yes

TNM T Code (Path)

yes

yes

Tobacco Use Cigarette

yes*

yes*

Tobacco Use Other Smoke

yes*

yes*

Tobacco Use Smokeless

yes*

yes*

Tobacco Use, NOS

yes*

yes*

Transplant/Endocrine Procedures At This Facility

yes

yes

Transplant/Endocrine Procedures Summary

yes

yes

Treatment Facility Number-Procedure 1-3

yes

yes

Treatment Status

yes

yes

Tumor Size Clinical

yes

yes

Tumor Size Pathologic

yes

yes

Tumor Size Summary

yes

yes

Tumor Status

yes

yes

Type of Admission

yes

yes

Type of Reporting Source

yes

yes

Vendor Version

gen

gen

Vital Status

yes

yes

Weight

yes*

yes*

Year First Seen

yes

yes

 

 

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