Alternate Name Item# Length Source of Standard Column #
Attending Physician (pre-96 CoC)
Managing Physician (CoC)
2460 8 NAACCR 4405-4412

Description
Code for the physician who is responsible for the overall management of the patient during diagnosis and/or treatment for this cancer. Registry may use physicians' medical license numbers or may create individual numbering systems.

Codes in addition to medical license numbers or facility-generated codes
99999999 Managing physician unknown or ID number not assigned