| Item # | Length | Source of Standard | Year Implemented | Version Implemented | Year Retired | Version Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,770 | 1 | CoC |
Records the presence or absence of clinical evidence of the patient's malignant or non-malignant tumor as of the Date of Last Cancer (tumor) Status [1772]. If the patient has multiple primaries, the values may be different for each primary.
This item can be used to compute disease-free survival. By maintaining this data item, central registries can assist hospital registries by sharing this information with other hospital registries that serve the same patients, if the state’s privacy laws so permit.
Codes
| 1 | No evidence of this tumor |
| 2 | Evidence of this tumor |
| 9 | Unknown, indeterminate whether this tumor is present, not stated in patient record |