Following registry [Identifier] Cancer registry

Following registry Cancer Registry

Definition

Records registry responsible for following the patient. Each FIN is unique. The number is essential to NCDB for monitoring data submissions, ensuring the accuracy of data, and identifying areas for special studies. Efforts are underway at the federal level to establish uniform national provider ID numbers. COC and NAACCR committees will consider adoption of any federal standards when they become available. Instructions for Coding COC maintains the codes, including those for non-hospital sources of reporting. For facilities with 7-digit FINs, consisting of a constant "6" followed by 6-digit facility-specific codes in the range of 6020009-6953290 that were assigned by COC before January 1, 2001: Enter all FIN codes of this type as 3 zeroes, followed by the constant "6" and the 6-digit facility-specific codes. For facilities with FINs greater than or equal to 10000000 that were assigned by COC after January 1, 2001: Enter FIN codes of this type as 2 zeroes followed by the full 8-digit code. These sometimes are called COC FIN 10 digit codes... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11

ADMIN; CA; Ident; Identifier; Intradermal; Nominal; Oncology; Point in time; Random