AHIMA CTR CRM Cancer Registry Operations Module 2 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+).docx

AHIMA CTR: CRM Cancer Registry
Operations Module 2 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
The cancer registry reference date is the effective date when cancer
registration starts in a specified at-risk population or in a specific
facility. The reference date is:
Most often January 1
The date the cancer committee officially made the decision
Any date the cancer committee chooses
A date that can never be changed under any circumstances -
correct answer ✅Most often January 1


What types of cases are not required to be abstracted by the
Commission on Cancer? -
correct answer ✅Both A and C are correct.


A sequence number of 00 means:
The patient has one and only one malignant primary cancer
This is the first of multiple malignant primaries for the patient
The patient has one and only one non-malignant primary tumor
This is the first of multiple non-malignant primaries for the patient -
correct answer ✅The patient has one and only one malignant
primary cancer

, AHIMA CTR: CRM Cancer Registry
Operations Module 2 Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)

Which is not a main component of an abstract?
Stage of disease at diagnosis
Patient identification
Outcomes
Financial information -
correct answer ✅Financial information


Who must approve the registry procedure manual according to the
CoC?
Immediate supervisor
Facility CEO
Cancer Committee
Cancer Liaison Physician -
correct answer ✅Cancer Committee


The procedure manual does not have to include which of the
following areas of cancer program activities?
AJCC Staging policies