Alternate Name | Item # | Length | Source of Standard | Column # |
---|---|---|---|---|
Accession Number (CoC) |
550 | 9 | CoC | 731 - 739 |
Provides a unique identifier for the patient consisting of the year in which the patient was first seen at the reporting facility and the consecutive order in which the patient was abstracted.
The first four numbers specify the year and the last five numbers are the numeric order in which the patient was entered into the registry database. Within a registry, all primaries for an individual must have the same accession number. The first four digits must be greater than or equal to 1944.