California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Name--Alias First

IDENTIFIERS

DESCRIPTION

This is another first name that the person may be known as

LEVELS

Patients, Admissions

LENGTH

40

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er033 Name-First, Last

May be blank. If entered, must bealpha, left-justified, and blankfilled. Mixed case, embedded spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes are also allowed. No other special characters are allowed.

SOURCE

If transmitted name includes two names separated by a hyphen, then create an alias first name for each separate name, unless they already exist as alias first names or the first name.

Otherwise, just upload the transmitted alias first name value. 

Auto-generate NYSIIS name for each name. Upshift. Don’t record change in Audit Log unless additional alias first names are created.

UPDATE

Patient Level

New Case Consolidation

If the incoming Admission’s Name--First or any of its Name--Alias First are not the same as the Patient’s Name--First and current Name--Alias First, then add them as additional Patient Name--Alias First.

Manual Change to Name--First

Automatically add original Name--First as an additionalName--Alias First

Manual Addition or Change

Admission Level

Manual Change to Name--First

Automatically add original Name--First as an additional Name--Alias First

Manual Addition or Change

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes, in alias first name field and generic alias fields if there is more than one.

INTERFIELD EDITS

Replace or None or use table for lists

IF653 Name--Alias Names (First, Last, Maiden)

HISTORICAL CHANGES