LOINC long common name : Archive facility identification number Cancer;
LOINC short name : Archive FIN Cancer;
LOINC description : This field identifies the facility that originally accessioned the tumor. Each facility's
facility identification number (FIN) is unique. It is essential for hospital registries
to have the ability to distinguish cases originally accessioned by each registry of
a merged unit. This enables the central registry to manage the receipt of historical
data and to appropriately attribute these data. Efforts are underway at the federal
level to establish uniform national provider ID numbers. COC and NAACCCR committees
will consider the 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 in the range of 6020009-6953290 that were assigned
by COC before January 1, 2001, the coded FIN will consist of three leading zeroes
followed by the full 7-digit number. 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 two 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;