California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

NPI--Physician 3

IDENTIFIERS

CCR-ID b>NAACCR-ID

E1671

2495

DESCRIPTION

The NPI (National Provider Identifier) code for another physician involved in the care of the patient.

LEVELS

Admissions

LENGTH

10

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er294 NPI--Physician 3

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 invalidlink to NPI which was http://new.cms.hhs.gov/nationalProvIdentStand/Downloads/NPIcheckdigit.pdf