California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Eureka Edits

ER148:  Physician 4

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Field:

Physician 4  [NAACCR #2500]

Message:

ER 148:  Physician 4 (value) invalid (see allowable values in Volume III)

Specification:

First position must be alpha, all others must be numeric except when first character is O, fourth character may be alpha; if first character is X the rest of the characters may be any alpha or numeric character.

Exceptions to the alpha first position rule are 00000000, 88888888, and 99999999.

Blank if no information.

Historical Changes

 3/26/03:  Allowable value for unknown changed from X9999999 to 99999999. 88888888 and 00000000 added to Allowable values.

2010 Data Item Changes: CCR name (Phys_Med_ONC) changed to NAACCR name.