California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Eureka Edits

ER088:  RX Date BRM

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

Field:

RX Date BRM [NAACCR #1240]

Message:

ER 088:  RX Date BRM [value] must be a valid date.

Specification:

This edit is skipped if the date field is empty.

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.

Historical Changes

1/19/05:  Allowable Values changed to include 8888888 as a valid date.

2010 Data Item Changes:  CCR name (Date Immuno) changed to NAACCR name.  Modified to use the date format of CCYYMMDD and the new interoperability date functions and rules.

May 2013: Date item name changed from RX Date--BRM to RX Date BRM.