Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Total Does (RadTotalDose)

50552

no

NAACCR

RX Date Rad Ended

1533

no

Field length: 6

Description
Identifies the total radiation dose administered to the patient across all phases during the first course of treatment. The unit of measure is centiGray (cGy). This data item is required for CoC-accredited facilities as of cases diagnosed 01/01/2018 and later.


To evaluate the patterns of radiation care, it is necessary to capture information describing the prescribed total dose of radiation during the first course of treatment. Outcomes are strongly related to the dose delivered.

CodeDescription
000000No radiation treatment
000001-999997Record the actual dose delivered in cGy
999998Not applicable, radioisotopes administered to the patient
999999Radiation therapy was administered, but the dose is unknown; it is unknown whether radiation therapy was administered