California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

Weight

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1264

9961

OWNER

NPCR

DESCRIPTION

The weight of the patient on or near the date of diagnosis.

LEVELS

Tumors, Admissions

LENGTH

3

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er040 Weight

Weight (in pounds) must be a 3-digit number in the range of 000 to 999 or blank.

Blanks are not allowed for cases diagnosed 2011 and forward.

Codes

Code the weight in pounds (three digits).

For weight less than 100 pounds, use a leading zero. For weight less than 10 pounds, use two leading zeros.

Code 999 for unknown weight.

SOURCE

If the value is completely blank, then convert 999; if the value includes a non-blank, non-numeric character, then convert 999; otherwise, just load the transmitted value, but right-justify and zero fill.

UPDATE

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, then list for review.

Manual Change

Admission Level

Manual Change

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

n/a

INTERFIELD EDITS

IF939 NPCR-CER Weight, 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 999 for Date of Diagnosis 2011 forward.