California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
This data item is used to summarize the status for all treatment modalities. It is used in conjunction with Date of Initial RX and/or Date of 1st Course RX-CoC and each modality of treatment with their respective date field to document whether treatment was given or not given, whether it is unknown if treatment was given, or whether treatment was given on an unknown date. Active surveillance (watchful waiting) is also documented. This data item is required by the CCR.
Assign code 1 when the patient receives treatment collected in ANY of the following fields
Surgery of primary site
Scope of regional lymph node surgery
Surgical procedure of other site
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Hormone Therapy
Immunotherapy
Hematologic transplant and endocrine procedures
Other therapy
Leave blank for cases diagnosed prior to January 1, 2010
Code |
Description |
0 |
No treatment given, treatment refused, or physician decides not to treat for any reason such as the presence of comorbidities |
1 |
Treatment given |
2 |
Active surveillance (watchful waiting) |
9 |
Unknown if treatment was given |