California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
If the case was not first diagnosed at the reporting hospital, enter whatever is known about the place of diagnosis:
Scenario |
Instruction |
Another Hospital |
Enter the hospital's name, the city, and the state. |
Physician Only |
Enter physician's name and address. If the physician is on the reporting hospital's medical staff, also enter "Staff Physician." |
Hospital and Physician Unknown |
Enter name of city, state, or country where diagnosis was first made. |
No Information Available |
Enter "unknown." |