California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

 

Eureka Edits

IF894:  Date of 1st Contact, Date Flag

 

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

 

Fields:

Date of 1st Contact  [NAACCR #580]

Date of 1st Contact Flag  [NAACCR #581]

 

Message:

Date of 1st Contact and Date of 1st Contact Flag conflict

If date is blank, corresponding flag must = 12, indicating unknown date

If date is blank, corresponding flag must = 12, indicating unknown date

If date is present, corresponding date flag must be blank

 

Specification:

General information on the inter-field editing of date and date flag fields:

The purpose of this inter-field edit is to verify that a date field and the corresponding date flag field are in agreement. A blank flag field indicates that the date was either filled in or intentionally not collected. Otherwise the date flag should include a 2-digit code indicating the reason the date field is blank.

This edit requires Date of 1st Contact; that is, it must always be populated OR its corresponding flag must indicate that the date is unknown.

  1. If Date of 1st Contact is populated,then Date of 1st Contact Flag must be blank.

  2. If Date of 1st Contact is blank, the Date of 1st Contact Flag must = 12, indicating the Date of 1st Contact is unknown.

 

Historical Change:

2010 Data Changes:  Created and added this Edit for 2010.