California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
Record dates and positive and negative findings of laryngoscopies, sigmoidoscopies, mediastinoscopies, and other endoscopic procedures.
Include mention of biopsies, washings, and other procedures performed during the examinations, but enter their results in the Pathology section.
Record size of an observed lesion, if given.
Enter "none" if no endoscopic examination was performed.