California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Name--Middle

IDENTIFIERS

DESCRIPTION

Patient's middle name.

LEVELS

Patients, Admissions

LENGTH

40

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er031 Name-Middle

Name--Middle may be blank.

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

SOURCE

Upshift, left justify.

UPDATE

If Admission Name--Middle = Patient Name-- Middle or (Admission Name--Middle is 1 character long and Admission Name-- Middle = first character of Patient Name-- Middle

If Admission Name--Middle blank and Patient Name--Middle,

move Admission Name--Middle to Patient Name--Middle.

If Admission Name--Middle blank and first character = first character Patient Name-- Middle (and Patient Name--Middle characters 2 - 14 = blank),

move Admission Name--Middle to Patient Name--Middle.

If Admission Name Middle = blank,

list for review.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES