California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III
CCR ID |
NAACCR ID |
E1279 |
9967 |
NPCR
Records the patient’s past or current use of tobacco.
Tumors, Admissions
1
0 |
Never used |
1 |
Current user |
2 |
Former user, quit within one year of the date of diagnosis |
3 |
Former user, quit more than one year prior to the date of diagnosis |
4 |
Former user, unknown when quit |
9 |
Unknown/not stated, no smoking specifics provided |
Blank |
A blank is only allowed for cases diagnosed prior to 2011 |
If the value is completely blank, then convert 9; if the value includes a non-blank, non-numeric character, then convert 9; otherwise, just load the transmitted value.
Tumor Level
New Case Consolidation
If Tumor.Value is blank and Admission.Value is not blank, then copy Admission.Value to Tumor.Value.
If Tumor.Value is not blank and Admission.Value is blank, then do nothing.
If Tumor.Value is equal to Admission.Value, then do nothing.
If Tumor.Value is not blank and Admission.Value is not blank, and Tumor.Value does not equal Admission.Value, thenlist for review.
Manual Change
Admission Level
Manual Change
CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT
n/a
INTERFIELD EDITS
IF938 NPCR-CER Tobacco Use Smokeless, Date of DX
HISTORICAL CHANGES
2011 Data Item Changes, CER Project |
Added for CER requirements. |
05/2013 |
This data item is now required by NPCR for Date of Diagnosis 2013 and forward. We are still required to submit the values as part of the CER dataset. |
12/2013 |
Allowable values revised per NPCR. Required for Date of Diagnosis 2011 and forward for all Regions. Global fix performed to change blanks to 9 for Date of Diagnosis 2011 forward. |