California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
This text field is designated for recording the final diagnosis (FDX) as determined by a recognized medical practitioner.
This information is ideally found in the discharge summary or progress notes.
Record the date of the notation and the final diagnosis, including stage if given.
If there is no final diagnosis in the medical record, please state FDX: NR; do not leave this field blank.
If the only information available is a pathology report which has already been recorded, then document “No MD FDX reported” in the FDX field.