California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Enter the physician’s license number.
Enter the California State physician's license number.
These are eight characters in length and the first character is always an alpha character.
License numbers less than eight characters insert zero(s) after the first alpha character.
Example:
Physician - A23456 would be entered A0023456
For dentists, the same instructions apply.
Example:
Dentist - D00056789 would be entered D0056789
For osteopaths, add a leading O (alpha character) and then enter the entire eight-character code.
It is important to note that the first character of the osteopath license is an alpha character and the third character is a zero.
For handling a nine-character number, drop the first zero after O2.
Example:
Osteopath - O20A4422 would be entered O20A4422 or for nine digit O20A44222
would be entered O2A44222
Out-of-state license numbers:
The first character must be an X.
If this number is less than seven characters, insert zeros between the X and the license number.