California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Eureka Edits

IF309: Marital Status at DX, Age at Dx

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

Fields:

Age at Diagnosis  [NAACCR #230]

Marital Status at DX [NAACCR #150]

Message:

If Age at Diagnosis = 000-014, then Marital Status at DX = 1 else (Err #309).

Specification:

This edit assumes that persons diagnosed with cancer at ages less than 15 are single (never married). Even if a marital status is not specified in the medical record, do not code marital status unknown if the patient is under 15 years of age at diagnosis. Check that the marital status is coded correctly and that the age, date of birth and date of diagnosis are correct. These two dates are not actually used in the edit; however, they may have been used to calculate the age at diagnosis, which is used in this edit.

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