California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Please use the following instructions as when entering religious names.
Do not enter religious designations like Sister, Brother, or Father unless the patient's secular name is unknown.
If the secular name is known, enter the last name of the religious name under Alias Last Name.
When the religious name only is known, enter the last name under Last Name, the designation under First Name, and the religious first name under Middle Name.
Examples:
Religious name: Sister Mary Anthony and Secular name: Jane Smith
Report as:
(last name) Smith
(first name) Jane
(alias) Anthony
Religious name: Sister Mary Anthony and secular name: Smith (first name unknown)
Report as:
(last name) Smith
(first name) Sister
(alias) Anthony
Religious name: Sister Mary Anthony and secular name: unknown
Report as:
(last name) Anthony
(first name) Sister
(middle name) Mary