“Team Testimonial Tuesday”: Hear what our team is saying about why they choose to work for Registry Partners and what they like most about it … “Team Testimonial Tuesday” “I appreciate the feedback I receive and there is always a positive working environment. I feel that every day my contribution is worthwhile. I am never belittled about my mistakes. Registry Partners promotes from within and there…
We would like to recognize the South Carolina Central Cancer Registry for receiving Gold Certification from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)! Gold Certification is the highest level of distinction awarded by NAACCR. Achieving Gold Certification indicates the data submitted by the South Carolina Cancer Registry is complete, accurate and timely including: a 95% or higher case ascertainment completeness rate, 3% or fewer…
The AJCC held a webinar on the AJCC 8th edition recently. The 8th edition will take affect with cases diagnosed 1/1/18. The changes are many and are synopsized below. Careful review of each chapter prior to staging a case in the 8th edition is recommended. The Eighth Edition is dedicated to all Cancer Registrars. Chapter 1 Staging Rules Expansion of chapter 1 rules Explains the basics…
Per FORDS (2016) page 138 “Do Not code surgical procedures which aspirate, biopsy or remove regional lymph nodes in an effort to diagnose and/or stage disease in this data item. Use the data item Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery (NAACCR Item #1292) to code these procedures. In our cancer registry software this entails coding the Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery field as a surgical…
