Reportability and Casefinding

Question 1

The central cancer registry plays a role in identifying cases that may have been missed by facilities through

Answer 1

Death clearance

Question 2

What type of cases are abstracted to meet central registry requirements?

Answer 2

Non-analytic cases

Question 3

Occasionally, cases may be missed for several different reasons, but it is important to determine:

Answer 3

the cause and address it quickly (key word in the question is reasons)

Question 4

It is important for the cancer registry to know if which of the following departments are part of the hospital or privately owned?

Answer 4

Radiation Oncology Department

Question 5

What type of medical codes indicate what occurred during a patient’s hospital visit?

Answer 5

Procedure - they indicate what occurred during a pt’s hospital visit

Question 6

What is the effective date on which cancer registration began for the facility?

Answer 6

Reference date- defined as the effective date on which the registry began for that facility

Question 7

A registry is required to report its data to:

Answer 7

Governing agencies - key word A so all registries report to governing agencies

Question 8

The document that is used by cancer registries to ensure all reportable cancer cases are identified is called

Answer 8

Reportable list- tool or document that registries use to ensure all reportable cases are identified

Question 9

Most central cancer registries have a case completeness goal of 95 percent of the ________ number of cases for both the central
registry and hospital registries.

Answer 9

Expected - the central registry is expecting us to abstract about the same number we did last year if not why

Question 10

Cases that are determined to be cancer through histology are known as:

Answer 10

pathologically diagnosed (histology is diagnosed through pathology)

Question 11

One of the most important uses of the disease index is to identify cases that are:

Answer 11

Clinically diagnosed - we already abstract through pathology so its important to look at clinically diagnosed as well

Question 12

Which of the following terms defines the occurrence of a separate independent diagnosis of cancer

Answer 12

Case

Question 13

Complete casefinding requires registrars be familiar with the relationship between

Answer 13

ICD-O and ICD-CM (you don’t use STR to case find, cpt codes are for insurance billing)