Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Staged By - Pathologic (PStagedBy)

31060

yes

NAACCR

TNM Path Staged By

930

yes


Field Length:  2

This field identifies the person who recorded the pathologic AJCC staging elements and the stage group in the patient’s medical record.

Code

Description

00         

Not staged

10

Physician, NOS, or physician type not specified in 11-15

11

Surgeon

12

Radiation Oncologist

13

Medical Oncologist

14

Pathologist

15

Multiple physicians; tumor board, etc

20

Cancer Registrar

30

Cancer registrar and any physician

40

Nurse, physician assistant, or other non-physician medical staff

50

Staging assigned at another facility

60

Staging by Central Registry including consolidation of multiple sources

88

Case is not eligible for staging

99

Staged but unknown who assigned stage

According to ACoS, on the I&R web site, only codes 1 and 3 meet the criteria for 90% physician staging for the CoC standard.