California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

NPI--Inst Referred To

IDENTIFIERS

DESCRIPTION

The NPI (National Provider Identifier) code that identifies the facility to which the patient was referred for further care after discharge from the reporting facility.

LEVELS

Admissions

LENGTH

10

ALLOWABLE VALUES

Either valid NPI assigned 10-digit numeric codes (9-digit number plus 1 check digit) or all blanks are allowed.

Allowable values include 0000000000 and 9999999999.

SOURCE

N/A

UPDATE

Manual

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes; record with the earliest admission date for this tumor.

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES