California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
Type of Reporting Source codes the source documents used to abstract the majority of information on the tumor being reported.
Codes 3, 6 and 7 are only used with the following Class of Case codes:
Class 43 (Path Only) – code 3
Class 38 (Autopsy Only) – code 6
Class 49 (Death Certificate Only) – code 7
Codes 4 and 5 must be used with the following reporting facilities:
0000999996, 0000000803 or specific Physician# – code 4
0000000804 or specific Nursing Home# – code 5
Codes are arranged in the order of the precedence of the sources, with a hospital record first.
Code this field in the following priority order: 1, 2, 8, 4, 3, 5, 6, and 7.
Enter code 1 for reporting source and code 2 for type of admission For Class 40 and 41 cases,
Code |
Description |
1 |
HOSPITAL INPATIENT/Managed health plans with comprehensive, unified medical records |
2 |
RADIATION TREATMENT CENTERS OR MEDICAL ONCOLOGY CENTERS (HOSPITAL-AFFILIATED OR INDEPENDENT) |
3 |
LABORATORY, hospital or private (e.g., pathology specimen only) |
4 |
PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
5 |
NURSING HOME, CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, OR HOSPICE |
6 |
AUTOPSY ONLY (neoplasm discovered and diagnosed for the first time as a result of an autopsy—see Section III.3.5) |
7 |
DEATH CERTIFICATE ONLY |
8 |
OTHER HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT UNITS/SURGERY CENTERS |