California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

IHS Link

Indian Health Service Linkage

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1045

192

DESCRIPTION

This variable captures the results of the linkage of the registry database with the Indian Health Service patient registration database.

LEVELS

Patients

LENGTH

1

ALLOWABLE VALUES

0

Record sent for linkage, no IHS match.

1

Record sent for linkage, IHS match.

Blank

Record not sent for linkage or linkage result pending.

SOURCE

See description

UPDATE

None

CCR DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

7/05

This is a 2006 Data Item. Required by SEER & NPCR.