California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

Eureka Edits

IF835:  Date of Last Contact, Date of Diagnosis

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

Fields:

Date of Last Contact  [NAACCR #1750]

Date of Diagnosis  [NAACCR #390]

Message:

IF 835:  Date of Last Contact [value] must be > or = Date of Diagnosis [value].

Specification:

This edit is skipped if Date of Last Contact or Date of Diagnosis is blank or is not valid. Date of Last Contact must be greater than or equal to Date of Diagnosis. If both years are known, but either month is blank, then only the years are compared. If either day is blank, then only the years and months are compared.

Historical Changes:

11-2009:  Added this edit to match NAACCR IF19. This edit identified some CCR cases that arose from the NPCR extract edit resolution list.

2010 Data Changes:  Modified to use the date format of CCYYMMDD and the new interoperability date functions and rules.