Reporting Requirements & Standards Flashcards

When a patient diagnosed with cancer is seen at a CoC-accredited facility only for a single consultation with no treatment rendered, the case is classified as:

Answer: Non-analytic — Class of Case 30

A patient seen for consultation only with no treatment at the facility is classified as non-analytic Class of Case 30.

The NAACCR standard version used for data submission is important because it determines:

Answer: The specific field positions and valid values accepted by the receiving registry

Each NAACCR version defines exact record layouts, field positions, and valid code sets that submitting registries must follow.

Under SEER rules, squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin is:

Answer: Not reportable

Squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin is excluded from SEER reportability, consistent with the general skin cancer exclusion.

A hospital's cancer committee is reviewing a case where the abstract was completed 10 months after the patient's first contact. This case would:

Answer: Count against the facility's timeliness standard

Cases abstracted beyond 6 months reduce the facility's compliance rate with CoC's timeliness standard.

Which of the following best describes 'passive follow-up' as used in cancer registry practice?

Answer: Using linkage to death certificates or other administrative databases to update vital status

Passive follow-up uses database linkages—such as state death files or NDI—to update patient vital status without direct contact.

Under NPCR standards, what minimum case completeness percentage must a state cancer registry achieve to be considered complete for publication in national statistics?

Answer: 90%

NPCR and NAACCR set 90% case completeness as the threshold for inclusion in national incidence statistics.

A tumor registrar is abstracting a case where the patient had a biopsy performed at an outside lab and the result was sent to the treating physician. Which field documents this sequence of diagnostic events?

Answer: Basis of Diagnosis

Basis of Diagnosis records the most definitive method used to confirm the cancer, including positive histology from an outside lab.