California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

TNM Clin Fields Update Logic

FIELDS

TNM Clin T [NAACCR #940]

TNM Clin N [NAACCR #950]

TNM Clin M [NAACCR #960]

TNM Clin Stage Group [NAACCR #970]

TNM Clin Descriptor [NAACCR #980]

TNM Clin Staged By [NAACCR #990]

TNM Edition Number [NAACCR #1060]

SPECIFICATION

Tumor Level

Multi-Document Consolidation Process

Relevant Source Documents

 

Definitions

 

Triggers

 

Process

The system follows the hierarchies below to determine which single admission should be utilized to consolidate all TNM Clin fields. Prior to each step, the system will also check to see if all TNM Clin fields match in the admissions. If all TNM Clin fields match, stop here.

 

      1. Compare the admission’s Year of Diagnosis, with 2016 and forward being highest:
        • Year of Diagnosis 2016-9998

        • Year of Diagnosis 2015

      1. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using the Year of Diagnosis ranges, then attempt to break the tie by using the admissions’ TNM fields known and unknown definitions. Use the hierarchy below:

        • Known TNM Clin fields

        • Unknown TNM Clin Stage Group with criteria met

        • Unknown TNM Clin fields with criteria not met

      2. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using the known and unknown definitions, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ Class of Case values. Use the Class of Case hierarchy below:

        • 12

        • 13

        • 11

        • 10

        • 14

        • 22

        • 21

        • 20

        • 00

        • 34

        • 36

        • 42

        • 40

        • 41

        • 30

        • 31

        • 32

        • 43

        • 38

        • 33

        • 99

        • 35

        • 37

        • 49

      3. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using Class of Case, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ TNM Clin Staged By. Use the TNM Clin Staged By hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • 13

        • 12

        • 11

        • 10

        • 14

        • 30

        • 20

        • 15

        • 50

        • 40

        • 60

        • 99

        • 00

      4. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using TNM Clin Staged By, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ TNM Clin Stage group, giving hierarchy to known values over unknown. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • All values excluding 88, 99, blank

        • 99

        • Blank

      5. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using known over unknown TNM Clin Stage Group values, then attempt to break the tie using TNM Clin Stage Group, giving hierarchy to the highest known values. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • 4S, 4E

        • 4C

        • 4B

        • 4A2

        • 4A1

        • 4A

        • 4

        • 3S, 3E

        • 3C2

        • 3C1

        • 3C

        • 3B

        • 3A

        • 3

        • 2S, 2E

        • 2C

        • 2B

        • 2A2

        • 2A1

        • 2A

        • 2

        • 1S, 1E

        • 1C

        • B2

        • B1

        • 1B2

        • 1B2

        • 1B

        • A2

        • A1

        • 1A2

        • 1A1

        • 1A

        • 1

        • 0IS

        • 0S

        • 0A

        • 0

        • OC

        • 99

        • Blank

      6. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using TNM Clin Stage Group, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ TNM Clin T, giving hierarchy to known values over unknown. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • All values excluding 88, cX, blank

        • cX

        • Blank

      7. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using known over unknown TNM Clin T values, then attempt to break the tie using TNM Clin T, giving hierarchy to the highest known values. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • c4E

        • c4D

        • c4C

        • c4B

        • c4A

        • c4

        • c3D

        • c3C

        • c3B

        • c3A

        • c3

        • c2D

        • c2C

        • c2B

        • c2A2

        • c2A1

        • c2A

        • c2

        • c1D

        • c1C

        • c1B2

        • c1B1

        • c1B

        • c1A2

        • c1A1

        • c1A

        • c1

        • c1MI

        • pISD

        • pISU

        • pIS

        • pA

        • c0

        • cX

        • Blank

      8. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using TNM Clin T, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ TNM Clin N, giving hierarchy to known values over unknown. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • All values excluding 88, cX, blank

        • cX

        • Blank

      9. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using known over unknown TNM Clin N values, then attempt to break the tie using TNM Clin N, giving hierarchy to the highest known values. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • c4

        • c3C

        • c3B

        • c3A

        • c3

        • c2C

        • c2B

        • c2A

        • c2

        • c1C

        • c1B

        • c1A

        • c1

        • c0B

        • c0A

        • c0

        • cX

        • Blank

      10. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using TNM Clin N, then attempt to break the tie using the admissions’ TNM Clin M, giving hierarchy to known values over unknown. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • All values excluding 88, cX, blank

        • cX, blank

      11. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using known over unknown TNM Clin M values, then attempt to break the tie using TNM Clin M, giving hierarchy to the highest known values. Use the hierarchy below:

        • 88

        • p1E

        • p1D

        • p1C

        • p1B

        • p1A

        • p1

        • c1E

        • c1D

        • c1C

        • c1B

        • c1A

        • c1

        • c0I+

        • c0

        • cX

      12. If the system is unable to determine which single admission has the highest hierarchy using TNM Clin M, then break the final tie using Admission ID (lowest number is highest in the sub-hierarchy).

      13. Then set:

        • TNM Clin T, TNM Clin N, TNM Clin M, TNM Clin Stage Group, TNM Clin Descriptor, and TNM Clin Staged By fields with all codes that are different from current consolidated codes from the single admission determined to be highest in the relevant source document hierarchy

        • TNM Edition Number to 07

And stop here.

Manual Change

Not allowed

historical changes

08/2016

New Multi-Document Update Logic implemented.