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Length: 8
Source of Standard: CoC
Section Name: Treatment-1st Course
Year Implemented: 2003
Version Implemented: 10
Record Types: A, M, C, I

XML NAACCR ID: rxDateSurgicalDisch

Parent XML Element: Tumor

Alternate Names:

  • Date of Surgical Discharge
  • RX Date--Surgical Disch

Required Status:

NPCR Collect: . - No recommendations
CoC Collect: R - Required
SEER Collect: . - No recommendations
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations

Description:

Records the date the patient was discharged following primary site surgery. The date corresponds to the event recorded in RX Date Mst Defn Srg [3170]. See Chapter Data Descriptor Table for date format. Use RX DATE SURG DISCH FLAG [3181] if there is no appropriate or known date for this item.

Formerly RX Date--Surgical Disch.

Rationale:

Length of stay is an important quality-of-care and financial measure among hospital administrations, those who fund public and private health care, and public health users. This date, in conjunction with the data item RX Date Mst Defn Srg [3170], will allow for the calculation of a patient’s length of hospitalization associated with primary site surgery.

Format:

YYYYMMDD

Item Data Type:

date

Allowable Values

Valid dates