| General |
Revised the way Class of Case codes are ranked. The Class of Case rank is used in multi-facility databases to determine which facilities information should be stored in the case data when there is more than one facility affiliated with the case. Previously, separate Class of Case codes were considered equal if they were in a group with the same rank. For example, codes 10-14 all had a rank of 1 so a Class of Case code 10 would be equal to a Class of Case code 14. Now each code is ranked separately and codes are only considered equal if they have the same value. The new ranking has the Class of Case codes ranked in the following order with 14 representing the best Class of Case:
* 14 - Initial dx here AND all first tx here OR no tx* 13 - Initial dx here AND part of first tx here* 12 - Initial dx in staff phys. office AND all of first tx here OR no tx given* 11 - Initial dx in staff phys. office AND part of first tx here* 10 - Initial dx here or in staff phys. office AND part or all first tx here OR no tx/tx unkn* 22 - Initial dx elsewhere AND all of first tx here or decision not to treat* 21 - Initial dx elsewhere AND part of first tx here* 20 - Initial dx elsewhere AND all or part of first tx here* 00 - Initial dx here AND all tx elsewhere* 30 - Initial dx and tx elsewhere AND workup or consult done here* 38 - Initial dx by autopsy here* 34 - Case not reportable to COC AND initial dx and part or all of first tx here* 36 - Case not reportable to COC AND initial dx elsewhere AND part or all of first tx here* 40 - First dx'ed and treated at one staff physician office* 41 - First dx'ed and treated at more than one staff physician office* 42 - Non-hospital cases abstracted by hospital* 43 - Pathology or lab specimens only* 99 - Non-hospital cases abstracted by KCR* 31 - Initial dx and tx elsewhere AND in transit care given here* 32 - Initial dx and tx elsewhere AND patient here for recurrence* 33 - Initial dx and tx elsewhere AND patient here with disease history* 35 - Case dx'ed before reference date AND initial dx AND part of first tx here* 37 - Case dx'ed before reference date AND initial dx elsewhere AND part of first tx here* 49 - Death certificate only |