CTR EXAM-DATA COLLECTION EXAM FULLY SOLVED
(ABSTRACTING/CODING)-55% #14
The process of converting the medical record information into standardized codes within
a uniform data set is - correct answer Abstracting
Pediatric tumors are analyzed by _____ rather than origination site. - correct answer
type
Benign and borderline CNS and brain tumors became reportable effective_____ -
correct answer January 1, 2004 per Benign Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act
All benign/borderline Central Nervous System (CNS) and Intracranial (brain et al)
tumors with a behvior code of /0 and /1 and all cases with a behavior code of /2 and /3
in ICDO-3, except:
Squamous and basal cell carcinomas of skin (after 01/01/2003)(except reproductive),
Carcinoma In Situ of cervix and Intraepthelial neoplasm of cervix (CIN) III , prostate
(PIN) III, vulva (VIN) III, vagina (VAIN) III, and anus (AIN)III. (after 01/01/1996) - correct
answer Reportable Diagnosis
Analytic cases - correct answer Patients who were diagnosed or who received any part
of first course of treatment at the hospital
Non-analytic cases - correct answer Patients who receive non-first course treatment for
a cancer, patients pursing second opinion, patients with a hx of cancer but being seen
for another condition
Examples of ____sources:
Pathology reports
Disease index
Medical record reports
Radiation oncology logs
Medical oncology logs
Outpatient records
Radiology reports
Other hospitals, nursing homes, out of state facilities, hospitces, outpatient centers,
physician offices, death clearance - correct answer Casefinding
Date of first contact - correct answer Date the patient was first physically seen at the
facility for a cancer diagnosis or treatment
Non-Reportable diagnoses - correct answer squamous and basal cell carcinomas of
skin (after 01/01/2003)(except reproductive),
CIS of cervix and CIN III ,PIN III, VIN III, AINIII(after 01/01/1996)
,Systematic method for identifying all eligible cases to be included in the cancer registry
database - correct answer Casefinding
Death certificate only benchmark rates by CCR agencies - correct answer Seer no more
than 1.5%
NAACCR 3-5%
Casefinding timliness benchmark rates for NAACCR, SEER, NPCR - correct answer
NAACCR at least 95% be avail w/in 23 months of dx
SEER complete counts w/in 22 months of dx
NPCR 90% be avail within 12 mos; 95% within 24 mos
Coc 90% be abstracted within 6 months of date of first contact
Ambiguous terms that constitute a diagnosis - correct answer apparently
Appears
Comparable with
Compatible with
Consistent with
Favors
Malginant appearing
Most likely
Neoplasm * only for brain, CNS
Presumed
Probable
Suspected
Suspicous for
Tumor* only for brain, CNS
Typical of
T or F? Abstract cytology with ambigous term only if positive biopsy or physician clinical
impression of cancer support cytology findings - correct answer True
Ambigous terms that DO NOT constitue a dx of CA without add'l information - correct
answer Cannot be rules out
Equivocal
Possible
Potentially malignant
Questionable
Rule out
Suggests
Worrisome
Bordering on
Concerning for
, Requests from the facility's cancer committee or central registry to collect information
about tumors that are not required to be abstracted by the coc for accredited programs
are called____cases. - correct answer Reportable by Agreement
Class of case -- to --are analytic cases - correct answer 00-22
Class of case -- to -- are included in treatment and survival analysis - correct answer 10-
22
Analytic class of case -- dx on or after January 1, 2006 are not required to be staged or
followed - correct answer 00
Class of case --to-- are non-analytic - correct answer 30-99
The coc does not require registries to accession, abstract, or follow class of case -- to --
but the program or central registry may require them - correct answer 30-99
The date the registry database started which is always January 1 - correct answer
reference date
What is the coc's retention timeframe - correct answer abstracts may be destroyed one
year after the patient expires
The accession number is a 9 digit number first 4 digists represent - correct answer the
year patient was first seen at the facility
The accession number is a 9 digit number last 5 digits represent - correct answer The
sequential order in which the patient was entered into the database for that year
The sequence 00 means the patient has ____malignant primary cancer - correct
answer one
The sequence numbers are divided into 2 groups ___ and ____ - correct answer 1.
Malignant and in situ
2. Non-malignant
GISTS with mets, positive lns or ________ must have behavior changed to /3 and be
abstracted - correct answer multiple foci
Brushings, washings, cells aspirates are not _________ procedures - correct answer
surgical diagnostic staging procedures
Excisional biopsies of primary site are coded as_____procedures - correct answer
surgical procedure of primary site
(ABSTRACTING/CODING)-55% #14
The process of converting the medical record information into standardized codes within
a uniform data set is - correct answer Abstracting
Pediatric tumors are analyzed by _____ rather than origination site. - correct answer
type
Benign and borderline CNS and brain tumors became reportable effective_____ -
correct answer January 1, 2004 per Benign Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act
All benign/borderline Central Nervous System (CNS) and Intracranial (brain et al)
tumors with a behvior code of /0 and /1 and all cases with a behavior code of /2 and /3
in ICDO-3, except:
Squamous and basal cell carcinomas of skin (after 01/01/2003)(except reproductive),
Carcinoma In Situ of cervix and Intraepthelial neoplasm of cervix (CIN) III , prostate
(PIN) III, vulva (VIN) III, vagina (VAIN) III, and anus (AIN)III. (after 01/01/1996) - correct
answer Reportable Diagnosis
Analytic cases - correct answer Patients who were diagnosed or who received any part
of first course of treatment at the hospital
Non-analytic cases - correct answer Patients who receive non-first course treatment for
a cancer, patients pursing second opinion, patients with a hx of cancer but being seen
for another condition
Examples of ____sources:
Pathology reports
Disease index
Medical record reports
Radiation oncology logs
Medical oncology logs
Outpatient records
Radiology reports
Other hospitals, nursing homes, out of state facilities, hospitces, outpatient centers,
physician offices, death clearance - correct answer Casefinding
Date of first contact - correct answer Date the patient was first physically seen at the
facility for a cancer diagnosis or treatment
Non-Reportable diagnoses - correct answer squamous and basal cell carcinomas of
skin (after 01/01/2003)(except reproductive),
CIS of cervix and CIN III ,PIN III, VIN III, AINIII(after 01/01/1996)
,Systematic method for identifying all eligible cases to be included in the cancer registry
database - correct answer Casefinding
Death certificate only benchmark rates by CCR agencies - correct answer Seer no more
than 1.5%
NAACCR 3-5%
Casefinding timliness benchmark rates for NAACCR, SEER, NPCR - correct answer
NAACCR at least 95% be avail w/in 23 months of dx
SEER complete counts w/in 22 months of dx
NPCR 90% be avail within 12 mos; 95% within 24 mos
Coc 90% be abstracted within 6 months of date of first contact
Ambiguous terms that constitute a diagnosis - correct answer apparently
Appears
Comparable with
Compatible with
Consistent with
Favors
Malginant appearing
Most likely
Neoplasm * only for brain, CNS
Presumed
Probable
Suspected
Suspicous for
Tumor* only for brain, CNS
Typical of
T or F? Abstract cytology with ambigous term only if positive biopsy or physician clinical
impression of cancer support cytology findings - correct answer True
Ambigous terms that DO NOT constitue a dx of CA without add'l information - correct
answer Cannot be rules out
Equivocal
Possible
Potentially malignant
Questionable
Rule out
Suggests
Worrisome
Bordering on
Concerning for
, Requests from the facility's cancer committee or central registry to collect information
about tumors that are not required to be abstracted by the coc for accredited programs
are called____cases. - correct answer Reportable by Agreement
Class of case -- to --are analytic cases - correct answer 00-22
Class of case -- to -- are included in treatment and survival analysis - correct answer 10-
22
Analytic class of case -- dx on or after January 1, 2006 are not required to be staged or
followed - correct answer 00
Class of case --to-- are non-analytic - correct answer 30-99
The coc does not require registries to accession, abstract, or follow class of case -- to --
but the program or central registry may require them - correct answer 30-99
The date the registry database started which is always January 1 - correct answer
reference date
What is the coc's retention timeframe - correct answer abstracts may be destroyed one
year after the patient expires
The accession number is a 9 digit number first 4 digists represent - correct answer the
year patient was first seen at the facility
The accession number is a 9 digit number last 5 digits represent - correct answer The
sequential order in which the patient was entered into the database for that year
The sequence 00 means the patient has ____malignant primary cancer - correct
answer one
The sequence numbers are divided into 2 groups ___ and ____ - correct answer 1.
Malignant and in situ
2. Non-malignant
GISTS with mets, positive lns or ________ must have behavior changed to /3 and be
abstracted - correct answer multiple foci
Brushings, washings, cells aspirates are not _________ procedures - correct answer
surgical diagnostic staging procedures
Excisional biopsies of primary site are coded as_____procedures - correct answer
surgical procedure of primary site
