Radiation at this Facility (CoC)
|
690 |
1 |
SEER |
789 - 789 |
Description
Defines the type of radiation therapy the patient received at the reporting facility as a part of the first course of treatment.
Rationale
If central registries wish to study the treatment given at particular facilities, the facility-level treatment fields must be used. The summary treatment fields, conversely, combine information for all facilities that provide first course of treatment for the tumor. Facility-specific fields allow studies of detailed referral patterns and treatment by type of healthcare setting. Knowing what part of the treatment was given at a particular facility also helps resolve consolidation issues.
Codes
0 |
None |
1 |
Beam radiation |
2 |
Radioactive implants |
3 |
Radioisotopes |
4 |
Combination of 1 with 2 or 3 |
5 |
Radiation, NOS-method or source not specified |
9 |
Unknown if radiation therapy administered |
Note: CoC no longer requires this item effective January 1, 2002. SEER continues to support it as a historically collected and currently transmitted data item.