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Length: 8
Source of Standard: SEER/CoC
Section Name: Demographic
Record Types: A, M, C, I
XML NAACCR ID: dateOfBirth
Parent XML Element: Patient
Alternate Names:
- Birth Date(SEER/CoC/CCCR)
Required Status:
NPCR Collect: R - Required
CoC Collect: R - Required
SEER Collect: R - Required
CCCR Collect: R - Required
Description:
Date of birth of the patient. See Data Descriptor Table for date format. If age at diagnosis and year of diagnosis are known, but year of birth is unknown, then year of birth should be calculated and so coded. Only the year should be entered, left-justified. Estimate date of birth when information is not available. It is better to estimate than to leave birth date unknown.
Format:
YYYYMMDD
Item Data Type:
date
Allowable Values
Valid date