California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

IF741: Multiplicity Counter, Date of Diagnosis

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

Fields:

Date of Diagnosis [NAACCR #390]

Multiplicity Counter [NAACCR #446]

Message:

IF 741:  If year of Date of Diagnosis = 2007-2012, then Multiplicity Counter cannot be blank

IF 741:  If year of Date of Diagnosis < 2007 then Multiplicity Counter must be blank

Specification:

This edit is skipped if the Date of Diagnosis is blank.

If year of Date of Diagnosis is 2013 or later, then Multiplicity Counter is optional and can be left blank.

If year of Date of Diagnosis is 2007-2012, then Multiplicity Counter cannot be blank.

If year of Date of Diagnosis is less than 2007, then Multiplicity Counter must be blank.

SEER IF156

Historical Changes:

8/15/06:  New data item for 2007. Adapted from Multiplicity Counter, Date of DX (SEER IF156).

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

rules.

2013 Data Item Changes:  Edit updated to require field only for cases diagnosed 1/1/2007-12/31/2012. For cases diagnosed 1/1/2013 and later, the data item is optional.