Welcome to the Kentucky Cancer Registrars Wiki communication page! The following links will take you to pages within Wiki that contain helpful abstracting/coding information along with contact information. In the right-hand column you will find a calendar link containing upcoming events - simply click on Upcoming Events to view.
Your ideas for adding additional helpful information and for improvement are welcome! Please forward suggestions, comments, and questions to Tonya Brandenburg at tbrand@kcr.uky.edu. If you experience difficulty logging into the Wiki page, please contact Clay Campbell at clay@kcr.uky.edu .
* Special Announcements*
Fall Workshop
Please see attached information for the 2017 Fall Workshop. memorandum_registration_form_and_brochure.pdf
TNM Case Scenarios
case_scenario.docx case_scenario2-1.docx
Instructions for the new e-path linkage application in CPDMS:
(For questions or support about the new e-path linkage feature, please contact Roger at CPDMS Support: roger@kcr.uky.edu)
PHI (Protected Health Information)
SECURITY REMINDERS
It is very important that you follow the HIPAA policy for releasing private health information as directed by your specific facility. In the Cancer Registry, we too, must protect all personal information. KCR offers a Secure File Transfer page (FES). This is provided as a way to transfer files in an encrypted method to ensure data confidentiality. In order to use the secure FES you must have a valid userid and password. There are instructions on how to use FES on KCR’s website.Please DO NOT send protected health information (PHI) in emails unless you are using a secure email process. This will require the recipient to enter a password to actually open the email. Email is NOT a secure way of transferring confidential information.
DO’s
Always complete a fax coversheet and verify the fax number before sending patient information. Make sure you verify the fax was received.
Always use secure email when sending protected health information (PHI). (IF secure email is not an option don’t include patient information!)
- Upload protected health information (PHI)bto KCR’s secure FES file transfer for review.
DON’T’s
- Include(PHI) protected health information (name, SSN, date of birth, etc) in emails unless you are using a secure email process. This will require the recipient to enter a password to open the email.
Text patient information
Leave messages on registrar’s home phone answering machines regarding patient information.
New CPDMS Access User Request
Any request to add or terminate users for CPDMS access needs to go through your regional coordinator.
TNM Coding Training & Educational Opportunity
In 2016, Cancer Registrars will begin to directly code TNM staging as Collaborative Staging will be discontinued. KCR highly recommends to ALL registrars to take advantage of the SEER Educate for practicing TNM coding. This is a free educational resource available to all registrars!
CE’s are available! CHECK IT OUT....
Abstracting Reminders
Laterality - Laterality describes the side of a paired organ or side of the body on which the reportable tumor originated. Determine whether laterality should be coded for each primary.Where the right and left sides of paired sites are contiguous (come into contact) and the lesion is at the point of contact of the right and left sides, use code 5 midline.
Assign code 5 when the tumor originates in the midline of a site listed:C700 (cerebral meninges)C710-C714 (brain)C722-C725 (cranial nerves)C443 (skin of face)C445 (skin of trunk)The CPDMS Abstractor's Manual has been updated to include 2015 SEER Changes. The manual can be found at http://www.kcr.uky.edu/manuals/.
*Special Announcement Re: CPDMS.net Support*
CPDMS Public Release Calendar
KCR and Ky Registrars Contact Info
New E-Path Review App
KCR Pathology Reporting Requirements
KCR Education and Training Policy
New CTRs
Abstracting and Coding Clarifications
NAVIGATION TIPS:
TIP > Control 'F' to search within a page. A find/search bar will appear at the top of the Wiki page. Enter a key word or a few key words in the find/search box. All possible matches will be highlighted on the page. The number of possible matches will appear on the find/search bar.
TIP > In the right-hand column of the front page of the Wiki you will find a calendar link containing upcoming events - simply click on Upcoming Events to view full calendar details. Upcoming Events will show on the front page of the Wiki approximately one week in advance.
TIP > You can use the 'Whats Hot' and 'Recent Changes' links in the right-hand column of the front page of the Wiki to perform quick searches.
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