We would like to take a moment to congratulate the Nebraska State Central Registry for attaining the GOLD standard for quality, completeness, and timeliness for the 2012 data submission. Way to go!
RECAP: DelMarVA-DC Conference
Registry Partners Project Manager Tracy Loar, CTR, Project Director Donna Renaue, CTR, Project Manager Nancy Sansone-BA, CTR, and Quality Control/Mentoring Director Susanna Mitchell, CTR all attended the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC Cancer Registrars educational meeting October 8-9th in Annapolis, MD. Thank you DelMarVA-DC for being such a wonderful group and for organizing such a wonderful meeting!
RECAP: CRANE Conference
Registry Partners Recruitment Coordinator Stacey Ballinger attended the Cancer Registrars Association of New England state meeting October 19-20 in Framingham, MA. In addition to sending Stacey to the conference, Registry Partners had a name drawing to win a Visa Gift card. This year’s lucky winner was Susan Salmon (Seen here with Stacey receiving her prize!). Congratulations Susan and thank you to CRANE for being such a wonderful group!
Collaborative Staging Questions Part 1
Q: How you would code SSF#4 (Tumor Deposits) for a colon primary when you have a polypectomy and no other surgery. The tumor was in-situ. Is this coded to 000 for none or is it more appropriate to code to 998 for a polypectomy for no surgical resection of the primary site was performed? A: Code to 998, No surgical resection of primary site. A polypectomy…