III.2.15 Height

Document the patient’s height in this field. This data item is required if available for cases diagnosed January 1, 2011 and forward.

Different tumors for the same patient may have different values.
The patient’s height should be collected from source records once for each cancer.
Height should be taken from the Nursing Interview Guide, Flow Chart, or Vital Stats section from the patient’s reporting facility medical record or physician office record.
The height entered should be that listed at or around the time of diagnosis.
If no height was listed on the date of diagnosis, please use the height recorded on the date closest to the date of diagnosis and before treatment was started.
Entered as 2 digit number and measured in inches (note that 1 foot=12 inches).

Example: Patient is stated to be 6 feet 1 inch (6`1”) tall. Enter 73 into this field.

Code “98” for 98 inches or greater.
Code “99” for unknown height.
All inches values should be rounded to the nearest whole number; values with decimal place x .5 and greater should be rounded up (e.g., 62.5 inches would be 63 inches).
Exhaust all potential sources for height before using code “99” (“unknown”).
Leaving this field blank is not permitted and code “99” should be used to reflect unknown height. The CDC will use the volume of cases coded to “99” to help determine the availability of information related to height in the medical record.

Note: You can use the following on-line conversion calculator.

http://manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm (If you have trouble opening the link from this file, copy and paste the address into

your browser).