Q: Patient was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma being treated with chemo elsewhere. He reports to the reporting facility with fever, chills and malaise. He is admitted for two days for IV antibiotics and observation. Is this class 31 (in-transit care) or 32 (active disease)? A: This is a class 32 (active disease). Only record as class 31 if pt. receives in-transit cancer directed treatment. Please…
Cancer Registry Halloween Horror Stories!
Computer Crash, it became a graveyard smash Ultimate GPS (Ghost Providing Service) failure on the way to a new client Registrar says she was abstracting cases and they all did a disappearing act You take a tumble on your way to work in the pouring rain and enter Cancer Committee looking like the Bride of Frankenstein Traveling out-of-town for…
RECAP: MICRA Conference
This year’s MICRA annual educational conference was held on October 22-23rd in Lansing ,MI hosted by McLaren Greater Lansing. In attendance were Project and Quality Control Manager, Janet Raleigh-BS, RHIA, CTR and Vice President of Quality Control, Education, and Training, Cari Vida- BS, RHIA, CTR who was gracious enough to give us a recap of her time at the conference. “It was a beautiful drive into southern…
Congratulations to the Nebraska State Central Registry!
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!