California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Social Security Number

IDENTIFIERS

DESCRIPTION

Social Security Number, which is used for patient identification and linkage.

LEVELS

Patients, Admissions

LENGTH

9

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er034 Social Security Number

Any numeric.

The following are not allowed:

• Blanks.

• First three digits cannot = 000 or 666.

• Fourth and fifth digits cannot = 00

• Last four digits cannot = 0000.

• First digit cannot = 9 (except when first digit of 999999999).

SOURCE

If Social Security Number is numeric and > 0, then load transmitted value.

Otherwise, load 999999999

UPDATE

For all documents (passive follow-up, active follow-up, corrections)

If AB-Social Security Number <> 9's and PA-Social Security Number = 9s,

Move AB-Social Security Number to PA-Social Security Number.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES