California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Date of Diagnosis Flag

IDENTIFIERS

DESCRIPTION

This flag explains why there is no appropriate value in the corresponding date field, Date of Diagnosis. This data item was added to NAACCR Version 12 (effective January 2010) as a part of the 2010 data changes. Prior to version 12 (through 2009 diagnosis), date fields included codes which provided information other than dates. As part of an initiative to standardize date fields to interoperable dates, new fields were introduced to accommodate non-date information that had previously been transmitted in date fields.

LEVELS

Tumors, Admissions

LENGTH

2

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er1072 Date of Diagnosis Flag (2010)

12

A proper value is applicable but not known. (e.g., date of diagnosis is unknown).

Blank

A valid date value is provided in item Date of Diagnosis or the date was not expected to have been transmitted.

SOURCE

If the record version is version 12 or later, then upload with no conversion.

If the record version is earlier than 12, then follow the conversion specs - Eureka Process Specification: 2010 Data Conversions.

UPDATE

See Date of Diagnosis

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

IF897 Date of Diagnosis, Date Flag (NAACCR)

HISTORICAL CHANGES