California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

IF1045: Place of Death--Country, Vital Status

OWNER

NPCR/CCR

EDIT SETS

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Patient Level

FIELDS

Place of Death--Country [NAACCR #1944]

Vital Status [NAACCR #1760]

TABLE

N/A

MESSAGE

  1. IF 1045: Place of Death—Country [value] and Vital Status [value] conflict

specification

This edit verifies that Place of Death--Country and Vital Status are coded consistently.

  1. If Place of Death--Country is blank, then Vital Status must = 1 (alive).

  2. If Place of Death--Country is not blank, then Vital Status must = 0 (dead).

historical changes

05/2013

New edit for 2013

09/2014

Corrected Edit Sets by moving from Eureka Tumor Level to Eureka Patient Level.

06/2015

Added California specific edit revision to verify that when Place of Death--Country is blank, then Vital Status must = 1 (alive).