Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the class of case for the following scenario? 3/6/2010
Outpatient Surgery Center (owned by the reporting facility): Patient
with 2-month history of rectal bleeding is recommended for
colonoscopy. Biopsy of the sigmoid colon was consistent with
adenocarcinoma. 3/17/2010 Inpatient Admission: Colon resection
consistent with residual adenocarcinoma. Patient chooses to be
seen at another hospital. Patient was treated with chemotherapy at
the other hospital.
13
14
21
40 -
correct answer ✅13
Class of case 13: Initial diagnosis at the reporting facility AND part
of first course treatment was done at the reporting facility; part of
first course treatment was done elsewhere.
Which one of the following casefinding sources would be the best
resource for identifying cases that were only confirmed clinically
(physical exam, radiology or laboratory)?
Disease index
Pathology report
,Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Radiation Oncology log
Medical Oncology log -
correct answer ✅Disease index
Which one of the following ambiguous terms would not be
considered as diagnostic of cancer?
Most likely
Potentially malignant
Presumed
Appears -
correct answer ✅Potentially malignant
Which of the following cases do NOT meet the CoC case eligibility
requirements?
A case diagnosed and initially treated at your facility
A case diagnosed but not treated at your facility
A case diagnosed clinically at your facility
A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for a heart attack at your
facility
A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for initial treatment at your
facility -
,Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for a heart
attack at your facility
Casefinding is the systematic method of identifying what?
The number of cases seen by the hospital each year
All eligible cases that are to be included in the cancer registry
database
All cases that were diagnosed in the pathology department
The number of patients that are treated in the hospital -
correct answer ✅All eligible cases that are to be included in the
cancer registry database
The resource that defines all diagnoses and types of cases that
should be included and excluded from the registry database is
called the:
Suspense system
Reportable list
Class of case
Abstract -
correct answer ✅Reportable list
, Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Which of the following is a non-analytic case?
The patient is diagnosed at the facility and it is unknown whether
or not treatment was recommended or administered.
The patient is diagnosed at the facility and is referred elsewhere for
treatment.
The patient was diagnosed and treated for a malignancy elsewhere,
and presents to your facility for treatment for recurrence or
progression of disease.
The patient is diagnosed elsewhere, and all or part of the first
course of treatment is performed at the facility. -
correct answer ✅The patient was diagnosed and treated for a
malignancy elsewhere, and presents to your facility for treatment
for recurrence or progression of disease.
A patient who has been diagnosed and received all first course
treatment elsewhere for a malignancy, but is then treated at your
facility for recurrence or progression of the same disease is class of
case 32.
Which of the following class of case code ranges are NOT required
by the CoC to be reported?
A - 00
B - 10-14
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is the class of case for the following scenario? 3/6/2010
Outpatient Surgery Center (owned by the reporting facility): Patient
with 2-month history of rectal bleeding is recommended for
colonoscopy. Biopsy of the sigmoid colon was consistent with
adenocarcinoma. 3/17/2010 Inpatient Admission: Colon resection
consistent with residual adenocarcinoma. Patient chooses to be
seen at another hospital. Patient was treated with chemotherapy at
the other hospital.
13
14
21
40 -
correct answer ✅13
Class of case 13: Initial diagnosis at the reporting facility AND part
of first course treatment was done at the reporting facility; part of
first course treatment was done elsewhere.
Which one of the following casefinding sources would be the best
resource for identifying cases that were only confirmed clinically
(physical exam, radiology or laboratory)?
Disease index
Pathology report
,Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Radiation Oncology log
Medical Oncology log -
correct answer ✅Disease index
Which one of the following ambiguous terms would not be
considered as diagnostic of cancer?
Most likely
Potentially malignant
Presumed
Appears -
correct answer ✅Potentially malignant
Which of the following cases do NOT meet the CoC case eligibility
requirements?
A case diagnosed and initially treated at your facility
A case diagnosed but not treated at your facility
A case diagnosed clinically at your facility
A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for a heart attack at your
facility
A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for initial treatment at your
facility -
,Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅A case diagnosed elsewhere and seen for a heart
attack at your facility
Casefinding is the systematic method of identifying what?
The number of cases seen by the hospital each year
All eligible cases that are to be included in the cancer registry
database
All cases that were diagnosed in the pathology department
The number of patients that are treated in the hospital -
correct answer ✅All eligible cases that are to be included in the
cancer registry database
The resource that defines all diagnoses and types of cases that
should be included and excluded from the registry database is
called the:
Suspense system
Reportable list
Class of case
Abstract -
correct answer ✅Reportable list
, Cancer Registry Operations Modules 1-5
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Which of the following is a non-analytic case?
The patient is diagnosed at the facility and it is unknown whether
or not treatment was recommended or administered.
The patient is diagnosed at the facility and is referred elsewhere for
treatment.
The patient was diagnosed and treated for a malignancy elsewhere,
and presents to your facility for treatment for recurrence or
progression of disease.
The patient is diagnosed elsewhere, and all or part of the first
course of treatment is performed at the facility. -
correct answer ✅The patient was diagnosed and treated for a
malignancy elsewhere, and presents to your facility for treatment
for recurrence or progression of disease.
A patient who has been diagnosed and received all first course
treatment elsewhere for a malignancy, but is then treated at your
facility for recurrence or progression of the same disease is class of
case 32.
Which of the following class of case code ranges are NOT required
by the CoC to be reported?
A - 00
B - 10-14
