California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

NPI--Physician 4

IDENTIFIERS

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1673

2505

DESCRIPTION

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

LEVELS

Admissions

LENGTH & TYPE

10 N

ALLOWABLE VALUES

 

er295 NPI--Physician 4

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