... I noticed that I&R didn't specify who's definition of an excisional biopsy we are supposed to use. Maybe they should have said "when the procedure meets...
Hi everyone, Our hospital is transitioning to the Electronic Medical Record within the next 6 months. For those of you already using EMR, how do you ...
On the question of what sort of PCE's we're doing . . . here's a snapshot of what's on the SAR I'm completing for a survey happening next month: 2004: Trends &...
They were replying to the direct question about when to use the code 25 and when to use 02 for an excisional lymph node biopsy of lymphomas. The reason the...
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Back in August I sent out the message below regarding how to code cases that are Lymphoma primaries with a lymph node excision. I noticed in the FORDS...
I posted this in the NCRA group shortly after the FORDS revisions were sent out and the age-old questioned was asked again. Here is the information that I...
Hi! I'm new here in this group. I have not been in this line but will be soon. I don't have any experience and not trained yet. We don't have a cancer...
You can order the "Cancer Registry Management: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition" from NCRA. This is the textbook used for the college classes in cancer...
Good day fellow registrars! I am preparing my talk for this year's NCRA annual meeting. My talk is on the data collection of comorbidities and complications...
Good day fellow registrars! I am preparing my talk for this year's NCRA annual meeting. My talk is on the data collection of comorbidities and complications...
We were surveyed by Dr. William Siegel in March. We were his first survey site using the new Standards. My impression at the time was that he didn't seem to...
Hi, I think it is time we start using our group website more. In time past I had posted problem cases for you to review and give your opinion on. I have...
Breast biopsy with Bloom/Richardson grade II invasive ductal carcinoma, 1.3 cm with DCIS (high grade cribriform and papillary) and positive margins. Lumpectomy...
... <no_reply@y...> wrote in January 2005: (and I would like to follow-up and see if anyone has anything to add now ;-)) Good day fellow registrars! I am...
(I forgot to number the first one...sorry. Please make sure you list which exercise you are responding to in the post.) H&P: Pelvic pain and adnexal mass. 10...
Dear Fellow List Members, If you are planning on attending the NCRA Annual Education Conference in New Orleans, I would like to invite you to come visit...
I'd like to find what the productivity standards are for abstracting in other hospitals besides my own. I am referring to if you abstract all day. Our...
I think NCRA has a work study document on abstracting standards, but it is not current. Industry standards of 1.25 per hour for abstracting are being used...
Thank you. I will go into the NCRA website and see what I can find out. I don't know why the registry is not valued more than it is. We collect quality data...
I will be out of the office starting 04/10/2005 and will not return until 04/18/2005. I am at an Education conference in New Orleans. If you need immediate ...
Our EMR is not that type where the physician can "type" into the staging form. At this time, we are filling the form out using Word (checking the appropriate...
You need to be careful and check this out with the COC. They have said that registrars cannot fill out the form and have the physician sign it. It would be...
If the registrars are filling out the staging forms, then the hospital will not be compliant with the staging requirements. The hospital will get a contingency...
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