12-19-2025
Scenario:
- White, Female, Non-Hispanic, Married
- Patient Date of Birth 07/19/1956
- Patient Date of Diagnosis 02/15/2025
- Presents to Facility 07/30/2025
- Age at Diagnosis 68
- Age Presented to Facility Age 69
Question: How would you document the patient’s age in text, the age at diagnosis or age at presentation to the facility?
- 69 YO WF Non-Hispanic, Married
- 68 YO WF Non-Hispanic, Married
Answer: •68 YO WF Non-Hispanic
Rationale: Text documentation is not submitted to the CoC; therefore, you should follow the guidelines provided by your state and/or your facility or employer. When documenting age, ensure that the age recorded reflects the patient’s age at the time of diagnosis.
STORE/SEER Manuals-Age at Diagnosis records the age of the patient at his or her last birthday before diagnosis
Resources:
- Data Standards Dictionary https://apps.naaccr.org/data-dictionary/data-dictionary
- NAACCR Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Data Descriptor Table
- NCRA Informational Abstracts (These site-specific abstracts provide an outline to follow when determining what text to include.) http://www.cancerregistryeducation.org/rr
- Omega employees please refer to the Omega Cancer Registry Text Documentation Guidelines available on our Cancer Registry Education Portal
