OrganizationField NameIDRequired
KCRDate Surgical Discharge (SurgDischDate)31690no
NAACCRRX Date Surg Disch3180no


Field Length: 8

Record the date the patient was discharged following primary site surgery. The date corresponds to the event recorded in Surgical Procedure of Primary Site and Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection.

  • If the patient died following the event recorded in Surgical Procedure of Primary Site, but before being discharged from the treating facility, then the Date of Surgical Discharge is the same as the date recorded in the data item Date of Last Contact or Death.
  • If the patient received out-patient surgery, then the date of surgical discharge is the same as the date recorded in the data item Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection of the Primary Site.


Code Description
MMDDCCYY    The date of surgical discharge is the month, day, and year that the patient was discharged from the hospital following surgical treatment. The first two digits are the month, the third and fourth digits are the day, and the last four digits are the year.
<blank>          When no surgical treatment of the primary site was performed. Diagnosed at autopsy.
99999999  When it is unknown whether surgical treatment was performed, the date is unknown, or the case was identified by death certificate only.