California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

NPI--Physician--Managing

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1665

2465

DESCRIPTION

The NPI (National Provider Identifier) code that identifies the physician who is responsible for the overall management of the patient during diagnosis and/or treatment for this cancer.

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.

SOURCE

N/A

UPDATE

Manual

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

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

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

8/06

New data item for 2007.

2010

Data Changes:  Improved wording of allowable values. Removed invalid link to NPI which was http://new.cms.hhs.gov/nationalProvIdentStand/Downloads/NPIcheckdigit.pdf