California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

Eureka Edits

ER002:  Year First Seen

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Field:

Year First Seen  [State Requested Item]

Message:

ER 002:  Year First Seen [value] is invalid for Year First Seen -- must be greater than 1949 or equal to or less than the current year.

Specification:

Year during which the patient was first seen at this hospital for diagnosis and/or treatment of this primary.

The allowable range is >1949 to <= current date or blank.

Note: As of 4/15/2011, 9999 remains a valid code for "unknown" because Eureka requires a change to the data type at the database level.

Historical Changes:

3/07

Added this edit (was not in metafile but was listed on data item page for Year First Seen).

2011

Updated allowable values which did not reflect that 9999 is no longer a valid code for unknowns.