Inst Referred To

Field Length: 10

Record the code for the hospital where the patient is referred for definitive treatment following discharge.

For facilities with 6-digit ID numbers that were assigned by the ACoS, CoC before January 1, 2001, use the hospital ID number assigned by the Cancer Department, preceded by 0000. For facilities with 8-digit ID numbers, assigned by CoC after January 1, 2001, use the 8-digit code preceded by two zeros.

EXAMPLE: General Hospital, Anytown, Kentucky, has ID number 510999, would be recorded as 0000510999.

Refer to the list of Kentucky healthcare facility ID numbers in Appendix F.  A list of hospital code numbers for other states may be obtained from the CoC web site at: http://www.facs.org/.

If there is no referring hospital, code with 10 zeros. If the patient was referred to an unknown facility, code the field with 0099999999.

If the patient was referred to more than one hospital for definitive treatment, record the first hospital to which the patient was referred.