Casefinding Flashcards
Casefinding is also called_________.
Ascertainment
The main source for casefinding is the _______ report.
Pathology report
Radiation Oncology treatment summaries are valuable sources for casefinding.
True or False?
True
A term for the process of locating every patient who is diagnosed with cancer.
Casefinding
Casefinding must be performed by a CTR.
True or False?
False. Non-CTRs may perform casefinding.
Which of the following is non-reportable?
A. Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
B. Basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
C. Carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
A cancer committee or central registry may require the collection of otherwise non-reportable cases.
True or False?
True
What are the two types of casefinding?
Active and passive.
Active casefinding is more thorough and accurate than passive casefinding.
True or False?
True
When another department notifies the registrar of potentially reportable cases, it is called _________ casefinding.
Passive
The HIM disease index is a main source of casefinding.
True or False?
True
A single tumor is always a _______ primary.
Single
The _________ standardize(s) the process of determining the number of primaries.
Multiple primary rules.
The ________ rules contain detailed histology coding instructions.
Histology
The multiple primary rules are used to determine lymphoma and leukemia primaries.
True or False?
False. Lymphoma and leukemia are coded using the Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm Coding Rules.
A physician’s statement can be used to determine whether a patient has a recurrence or a new primary.
True or False?
False. Use the multiple primary rules.
The CoC requires Class of Case _____ through ______ to be abstracted.
00 through 22
Patients who were diagnosed or who received any part of first course of treatment at the reporting facility are ________ cases for that facility.
Analytic
The two most important casefinding sources for both hospitals and central registries are ________ reports and the ________ index.
Pathology reports and the disease index
A file identifying potentially reportable cases that have not been abstracted yet is called a _____ file.
Suspense
All treatment planned or recommended as the first approach to treat a newly diagnosed cancer, including “watch and wait” is called _______
First course of treatment.
Palliative care is sometimes the only recommended first course of treatment.
True or False?
True
The type of case required by the CoC to be abstracted and followed.
Analytic
Patients seen for recurrent cancer and/or cancer progression are likely to be what kind of case?
Non-analytic
New primaries are most likely to be what type of case?
Analytic
Classes of Case 00-14 were initially diagnosed where?
At the reporting facility (or in a staff physician’s office)
Classes of case 20-22 were initially diagnosed where?
Elsewhere (not at the reporting facility)
What type of case are Class of Case 00-22?
A. Analytic
B. Non-Analytic
A. Analytic
When initial diagnosis made at the reporting facility and ALL treatment (or decision not to treat) is done elsewhere the
Class of Case is ____
00
When initial diagnosis is made at the reporting facility and ALL first course of treatment (or decision not to treat) is done at the reporting facility, it is a Class of Case_____
14
What type of case are Classes of Case 30-38, 40-43, 49, 98, 99?
Non-Analytic
The specific geographic area for which the cancer registry collects all cancer reports and maintains population-based information is called the ______
Catchment area
What kind of log can help monitor the number of cases found?
Completeness log
Most registries use a combination of active and passive casefinding.
True or False?
True
The ______ index is a complete listing of patients discharged from the hospital, organized by disease or diagnosis code, and is a primary source of casefinding.
Disease index
The First Course of Treatment period ends when a patient’s cancer progresses or recurs.
True or False?
True.
The _____ is a unique number assigned to the patient by the registrar indicating the year in which the patient was first seen at the reporting facility and the sequential order in which the patient was identified by the registry or abstracted into the database.
Accession
The accession number is a unique and permanent patient identifier and should never be changed.
True or False?
True.
The two most important casefinding sources for central registries are
A. Hospitals and free-standing treatment facilities.
B. Electronic pathology reports and hospitals.
C. Electronic pathology reports and free-standing treatment facilities.
D. Pathology reports and disease indices.
D. Pathology reports and disease indices.
Which casefinding approach involves registrars performing the review of critical casefinding sources and other hospital departments performing the review of less critical casefinding sources and informing the registrar of their findings?
A. Active
B. Passive
C. Rapid case ascertainment
D. A combination of A and B
D. A combination of A and B
The National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) requires central registries to do hospital casefinding or reabstracting audits on each hospital
A. Annually.
B. Every two years.
C. Every three years.
D. Every five years.
D. Every five years
Reportable ambiguous terminology is only reportable if it immediately precedes a term that is synonymous with a reportable tumor.
True or False?
True
Casefinding lists for hospital and central registries are developed by
A. NCDB
B. NAACCR
C. AHIMA
D. SEER
D. SEER
Are malignant neoplasms of the skin, NOS (codes 8000-8004) reportable?
No.
Are epithelial carcinomas of the skin (codes 8020-8082) reportable?
No
Papillary and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin (codes 8050-8082) are reportable.
True or False?
False.
Basal cell carcinoma (codes 8090-8110) of any site except ______ sites are nonreportable.
Genital
The _______ is the governing document for casefinding.
Reportable list
Which organization establishes the reportable list for population based registries?
SEER
Which organization established the reportable list for hospital registries?
COC
Who is the main contact person for the central registries to discuss casefinding responsibilities and audits?
The CTR
Casefinding timeliness in a central registry is determined by
A. Planned use of the data
B. Number of cases to be audited
C. Timeliness of reporting hospital registries
A. Planned use of the data
