California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

IF844: Grade Path System, Grade Path Value, Grade

Owner:

CoC

Edit Sets:

California Hospital Transmit

Eureka Admission Level

Eureka Tumor Level

Fields:

Grade Path System  [NAACCR #449]

Grade Path Value  [NAACCR #441]

Grade  [NAACCR #440]

Message:

1. IF 844: Grade Path System and Grade Path Value conflict

Specification:

1. If Grade Path System = blank (Not a two, three or four grade system; unknown; not collected), then Grade Path Value must also be blank (No Two, Three or Four System Grade is available; unknown; not collected) and vice versa.

2. If Grade Path System = 2 (Two-Grade System), then Grade Path Value must = 1

(Recorded as Grade I or 1) or 2 (Recorded as Grade II or 2).

3. If Grade Path System = 3 (Three-Grade System), then Grade Path Value must = 1

(Recorded as Grade I or 1), 2 (Recorded as Grade II or 2), or 3 (Recorded as Grade III or 3).

4. If Grade Path System = 4 (Four-Grade System), then Grade Path Value must = 1

(Recorded as Grade I or 1), 2 (Recorded as Grade II or 2), 3 (Recorded as Grade III or 3), or 4 (Recorded as Grade IV or 4).

Historical Change:

In the SEER*Edits software, the title of this edit is: IF 315.

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

01/2013: NAACCR v12.2C - Deleted: "If Grade Path System is populated (not blank), then Grade must not = 9 (Grade/differentiation unknown, not stated, or not applicable)."

04/2014: Per NAACCR v14, added "not collected" to the label for Grade Path System and Grade Path Value code of blank.