Cancer Registry Operations
Modules 1-5 Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
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 - 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
Radiation Oncology log
Medical Oncology log - ANSWER✔✔-Disease index
Which one of the following ambiguous terms would not be considered as diagnostic of
cancer?
Most likely
Potentially malignant
Presumed
Appears - 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 -
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 - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-Reportable list
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. - 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
C - 20-22
D - 30-38
E - 40-49
Modules 1-5 Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
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 - 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
Radiation Oncology log
Medical Oncology log - ANSWER✔✔-Disease index
Which one of the following ambiguous terms would not be considered as diagnostic of
cancer?
Most likely
Potentially malignant
Presumed
Appears - 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 -
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 - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-Reportable list
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. - 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
C - 20-22
D - 30-38
E - 40-49
