III.2.5.1 Rules for Recording Address

Following are the rules for recording the address:

• Enter the address of the patient's Usual Residence on the date of the initial diagnosis. See Section III.3.3 for definition of date of diagnosis.
• Usual Residence is where the patient lives and sleeps most of the time and is not necessarily the same as the legal or voting residence.
• Do not record a temporary address, such as a friend's or relative's.
• If both a street address and a P.O. Box are given, use the street address.
• For military personnel and their families living on base, the address is that of the base. For personnel living off base, use the residence address. For details about military personnel assigned to ships and about crews of merchant vessels, see Appendix E.
• For institutionalized patients, including those who are incarcerated or in nursing, convalescent, or rest homes, the address is that of the institution.
• Use the current address of a college student. But for children in boarding schools below the college level enter the parents' address.
• If the case is nonanalytic (see Section III.3.5 for criteria), use the address at admission unless there is a documented reason to suspect that the patient resided elsewhere at the time of diagnosis. If there is such an indication, record what is known of the address at diagnosis.
• If the patient is homeless or transient with no usual residence, enter the street, city and zip code as unknown but code county of residence to the county where the hospital is located and code the state to California.
• Persons with more than one residence (snowbirds) are considered residents of the place they designate as their residence at the time of diagnosis if their usual residence cannot be determined.

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