California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III
California Hospital Transmit
Eureka Admission Level
Date of Inpt Disch [NAACCR #600]
ER 058: Date of Inpt Disch [value] invalid.
Date fields are recorded in the D1 date format of year, month, day (CCYYMMDD). Month and day must have leading zeros for values 01...09.
The following date formats are allowed:
CCYYMMDD Century+Year, Month and Day are provided.
CCYYMM__ Century+Year and Month. Day consists of two blank spaces.
CCYY____ Century+Year. Month and Day consist of four blank spaces.
Dates are checked first to ensure they conform to one of these formats, then for errors in the components. Checking stops on the first non-valid situation.
Range checking:
Lowest allowed value: January 1, 1850 (or in D1 format: 18500101)
Highest allowed value: current system date
When month is known, it is checked to ensure it falls within range 01...12.
When month and day are known, day is checked to ensure it falls within range for that specific month. Accommodation is made for leap years.
| 2010 | Data Changes: Name changed (Date Discharged) to match NAACCR. Updated Specification section. |
| May 2013 | Data item name changed from Date of Inpatient Disch to Date of Inpt Disch |