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Item #
Length
Source of Standard
Year Implemented
Version Implemented
Year Retired
Version Retired
Column #
2420
10
CoC
4955 - 4964
NAACCR XML: Tumor.institutionReferredTo
Alternate Names
Facility Referred To
Description
Identifies the facility to which the patient was referred for further care.
Rationale
This number is used to document and monitor referral patterns.
Instructions for Coding
CoC maintains the codes, including those for non-hospital sources of reporting.
For facilities with 7-digit FINs, consisting of a constant “6” followed by 6-digit facility-specific codes in the range of 6020009-6953290 that were assigned by CoC before January 1, 2001: Enter all FIN codes of this type as 3 zeroes, followed by the constant “6” and the 6-digit facility-specific codes.
For facilities with FINs greater than or equal to 10000000 that were assigned by CoC after January 1, 2001: Enter FIN codes of this type as 2 zeroes followed by the full 8-digit code. These sometimes are called CoC FIN 10-digit codes.
Note: This item is not supported by CoC as of January 1, 2010, (the respective NPI item is required).
Codes (in addition to CoC assigned codes)
0000000000
Case not referred to a facility
0099999999
Case referred to a facility, but facility number is unknown