NCRA Study Guide CTR 2022/23: Follow-Up, Case-Finding, Abstracting/Coding | 70 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified
What is the primary purpose of performing follow-up? - ANS - Ensure continued medical surveillance to evaluate success of therapy The two most important case-finding sources for central registries are - ANS - Pathology reports and disease indices Disease index - ANS - List of diseases and conditions diagnosed in identified patients that are coded by using a standard classification system (such as ICD and CPT codes) Freestanding pathology laboratories may be a case-finding source for a - ANS - State central cancer registry When abstracting a case, the first step is to - ANS - Determine the primary site(s) by reading the medical record. In the U.S., follow-up is required for hospitals to receive accreditation for cancer programs by the - ANS - ACoS (American College Surgeons) CoC These case are EXCLUDED in CoC follow-up calculations: - ANS - 1. Non-analytic cases 2. Foreign residents 3. Reportable by agreement 4. Squamous Cell Skin Cancers 5. Class of Case 0 diagnosed after 01/10/2006 6. Diagnosed after 01/01/2003
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