California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
If available in the abstracting software, these follow up contact fields collect the other contacts the patient has listed in their chart (usually on the face sheet). These contacts are not the patient. They are relatives, friends, neighbors, etc.
Enter the names, addresses, including country, and phone numbers of up to six people designated as contacts for the case.
The contacts name preceded by Mr., Mrs., Ms., or followed by Jr. or Sr. (up to 60 characters and spaces).
The current street address or post office box (up to 60 characters and spaces).
The current city (up to 50 characters and spaces).
The two character Postal Service abbreviation for the state (see Appendix B for abbreviations).
The zip code (up to ten characters and spaces).
The current country (three characters. See Appendix D.1 and Appendix D.2 for codes).
Notes:
A supplemental follow-up contact field has been added. This data item provides the ability to store additional address information such as the name of a place or facility, a nursing home, or the name of an apartment complex.
It can be used to generate a follow-up inquiry, and must correspond to the other fields in the follow-up contact address.
If the patient has multiple tumors, Follow-Up Contact--Supplemental should be the same.
This supplemental field is limited to 60 characters.