- 01-01-2022 St Elsewhere- Patient diagnosed with lung cancer on CT scan 1.1 cm nodule RUL, no adenopathy
- 02-01-2022 My CoC Accredited Facility – FNA RUL +adenocarcinoma
- 03-01-2022 My CoC Accredited Facility-RUL lobectomy, no further treatment recommended
Question: What is the Date of First Contact for My CoC Accredited Facility?
- 02-01-2022
- 03-01-2022
Answer: 03-01-2022
STORE 2022 https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/national-cancer-database/ncdb-call-for-data/
- For analytic cases (Class of Case 00-22), the Date of First Contact is the date the patient became analytic
Scenario 2: Class of Case 22
- 01-01-2022 St Elsewhere- Patient diagnosed with lung cancer on CT scan 1.1 cm nodule RUL, no adenopathy
- 02-01-2022 My CoC Accredited Facility – Consult- we recommend surgery
- 03-01-2022 My CoC Accredited Facility-RUL lobectomy, no further treatment recommended
Question: What is the Date of First Contact for My CoC Accredited Facility?
- 02-01-2022
- 03-01-2022
Answer: 03-01-2022
STORE 2022 https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/national-cancer-database/ncdb-call-for-data/
- For analytic cases (Class of Case 00-22), the Date of First Contact is the date the patient became analytic
Scenario 3: Class of Case 30
- 01-01-2022 St Elsewhere- Patient diagnosed with lung cancer on CT scan 1.1 cm nodule RUL, no adenopathy
- 02-01-2022 My CoC Accredited Facility – FNA RUL +adenocarcinoma
- 03-01-2022 St Elsewhere-RUL lobectomy, no further treatment recommended
Question: What is the Date of First Contact for My CoC Accredited Facility?
- 02-01-2022
- 03-01-2022
Answer: 02-01-2022
STORE 2022 https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer-programs/national-cancer-database/ncdb-call-for-data/
- For non-analytic cases, it is the date the patient first qualified for the Class of Case that causes the case to be abstracted.