California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
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:
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.
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 |