Institution referred to:ID:Pt:Cancer registry:Nom: - CISMeF
Institution referred to:ID:Pt:Cancer registry:Nom:LOINC code
Preferred Label : Institution referred to:ID:Pt:Cancer registry:Nom:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Institution referred to Cancer registry;
LOINC short name : Inst referred to Cancer Registry;
LOINC description : Identifies the facility to which the patient was referred for further care after discharge
from the reporting facility. Each facility's FIN is unique. This number is used to
document and monitor referral patterns. Efforts are underway to establish uniform
national provider ID numbers. COC and NAACCR committees will consider adoption of
any federal standards, when they become available. Instructions for Coding COC maintains
the codes, including those for non-hospital sources of reporting. For facilities with
7-digit FINs, consisting of a constant 6 followed by 6-digit facility-specific codes
in the range of 6020009-6953290 that were assigned by COC before January 1, 2001:
Enter all FIN codes of this type as 3 zeroes, followed by the constant 6 and the 6-digit
facility-specific codes. For facilities with FINs greater than or equal to 10000000
that were assigned by COC after January 1, 2001: Enter FIN codes of this type as 2
zeroes followed by the full 8-digit code. These sometimes are called COC FIN 10-digit
codes... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;