California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III
CCR ID |
NAACCR ID |
E1638 |
2240 |
CoC
Patient's first name
Patients, Admissions
40
May not be blank.
Enter NFN, if no first name.
Enter UNKNOWN, if unknown first name.
Must be alpha, left-justified, and blank-filled. Mixed case, embedded spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes are also allowed. No other special characters are allowed.
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.
Otherwise, just upload the transmitted 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
Manual
Yes
IF601 Name--First, Sex, Over-ride Name Sex
IF653 Name--Alias Names (First, Last, Maiden)
AD_Name First <>PA_Name First
08/03 |
Added text to Source that explains how to handle a hyphened nam |
2010 |
2010 Data Item Changes: Length changed from 14to 40. CCR name (First_Name) changed to NAACCR name |
03/14/11 |
2011 Data Changes:Changed to NPCR edit per Note: As of the NAACCR v12.1 metafile, the NAACCR edit of the same name has been deleted. We are using the NPCR edit because we don't allow blanks (the COC edit allows blanks). This edit now allows hyphens. |
04/2014 |
In allowable values, corrected NLN to NFN and added UNKNOWN. |