DC Fathers Surname

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID	NAACCR ID
E1728	None. State Requestor

DESCRIPTION

Father’s surname as stated on the death certificate.

LEVELS

Patients

LENGTH

40

ALLOWABLE VALUES

Any

SOURCE

Not entered upon patient creation.

UPDATE

Manual change or automatic upload from death clearance passive follow-up documents only.

If DC Father's Surname changes, then NHIA Derived Hisp Origin must be regenerated.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

1/19/05	This new field was added in order to capture father’s surname as recorded on vital statistics records in a separate field.
2010	2010 Data Item Changes:  Length changed from 15 to 40.