California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
If available; enter the physician NPI code, in the respective field. This is effective with cases diagnosed January 1, 2007 and forward. See Appendix X for further details.
The managing physician field may not be blank.
Use the following codes for Surgeon, Radiation Oncologist, and Medical Oncologist.
Additional Physicians are designated by their role in the case, i.e. referring, consulting, and other. For instructions regarding Follow-Up Physician, see Section VII.2.10.
If there is no managing physician, or the managing physician cannot be determined, the code for "unknown physician" or "license number not assigned" (99999999) must be entered.
If the managing physician is the same as another physician, (i.e., the medical oncologist) the license number must be entered in both places.
Code |
Description |
Surgeon |
|
00000000 |
No surgery and no surgical consultation performed. |
88888888 |
Non - surgeon performed procedure. |
99999999 |
Physician is unknown or an identification number is not assigned. |
Radiation Oncologist |
|
00000000 |
No radiation therapy or radiation therapy consult performed. |
99999999 |
Physician is unknown or an identification number is not assigned. |
Medical Oncologist |
|
00000000 |
No chemotherapy or chemotherapy consult was performed. |
99999999 |
Physician is unknown or an identification number is not assigned. |