California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III
Eureka Edits
IF895: Date of Birth, Date Flag
Edit Sets:
California Hospital Transmit
Eureka Admission Level
Eureka Tumor Level
Fields:
Date of Birth [NAACCR #240]
Date of Birth Flag [NAACCR #241]
Message:
IF 895: Date of Birth and Date of Birth Flag conflict.
IF 895: If Date of Birth is blank, Date of Birth Flag must = 12, indicating unknown date.
IF 895: If Date of Birth is present, Date of Birth 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 Birth must be a valid date OR its corresponding flag must indicate that the date is unknown.
If Date of Birth is populated,then Date of Birth Flag must be blank.
If Date of Birth is blank, the Date of Birth Flag must = 12, indicating the date of birth is unknown.
Historical Change:
2010 Data Changes: Created and added this Edit for 2010.