seer*educate and heme & lymphoid database updatestram educational conference annapolis, md march 14,...

Peggy Adamo, BS, AAS, RHIT, CTR Surveillance Research Program

National Cancer Institute TRAM Educational Conference

Annapolis, MD March 14, 2014

SEER*Educate and

Heme & Lymphoid Database Updates

Learn by Doing!

SEER*Educate

Free!!

Cancer registrar training

Web-based

CE’s available

What?

https://educate.fhcrc.org/

Or

http://www.seer.cancer.gov/registrars/

Where?

https://educate.fhcrc.org/http://www.seer.cancer.gov/registrars/

CTRs want practical application training and need educational tools to do a better job today than they did yesterday and to do an even better job tomorrow

Why?

New – January 2014

Awarded 5 CE for each site group

Complete all 10 cases in a site group with a score of 70% or more

Case coding CSv02.05


Awarded 2.5 CE for each set of 5 cases

Complete all 5 cases in a set with a score of 70% or more

Heme 2014 coding

Cancer registry management


Based on Cancer Registry Management Principles & Practice for Hospitals and Central Registries 3rd Edition textbook

Web browser

Firefox required

Internet explorer coming Summer 2014 IE9 or later

SEER coding guidelines used

The preferred answers are based on SEER coding guidelines

Explanation of differences between SEER and hospital coding guidelines provided

CEs

245 CEs available!!

Must score minimum of 70% on all case coding exercises in site group

Retake coding exercises as many times as necessary

Several state registrar associations and central registries link to SEER*Educate (https://educate.fhcrc.org) on their website

All such entities have permission to post link on their website

Thanks for spreading the word!

Link to SEER*Educate

https://educate.fhcrc.org/

SEER*Educate Helpdesk

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Visit SEER*Educate at https://educate.fhcrc.org/

Email [email protected]

https://educate.fhcrc.org/mailto:[email protected]

And now for something completely different…

2014 Update

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Neoplasm Coding Manual & Database

Acknowledgement

Jennifer Ruhl, NCI SEER

2014 changes

Revised manual effective for cases 1/1/2010 and forward Will no longer be different versions depending on

year of diagnosis

“Version” no longer applicable

Published date will be used Published January 2014

2014 changes, cont.

Review of cases already collected will not be required; however, for those who choose to review data already collected (2010+): Documents will be posted by March 2014 which

will show how to update previously collected cases based on the revised manual and database

2014 changes, cont.

OBS (obsolete) codes All OBS codes are obsolete as of 1/1/2010

OBS codes are now date driven

Instruction to use for “DCO’s, path only and minimal information” cases removed from database Currently working on how to handle data already

collected where OBS codes are used

The Multiple Primary

(M) Rules

M rule changes

For M Rules that have corresponding PH rules, notes have been added to direct you to the PH rule Example: Under Rule M3

Note 2: See Module 5, PH9 and PH10 for information regarding primary site and histology

Links are included in the manual to go directly to the correct PH rule

M rule changes, cont.

M4: old M4 deleted, replaced with new M4

M14: new

The Primary Site

and Histology (PH) Rules

PH Rules

43 PH Rules in 2012 Manual

Now….31 PH Rules

Changes include: Deletion of rules

Combination of rules

Clarification of rules

NEW: Appendix F

Non-reportable conditions Based on questions in Ask SEER Registrar

Basic definition provided

Add to the Hematopoietic database (as non-reportable) by mid 2014

The Hematopoietic Database

Heme DB: 2014 changes

Format changes New USER’s guide on website

Other changes Typos fixed

Additional information added

Information resorted (alphabetical)

Heme DB: 2014 changes, cont.

Multiple primaries corrected for certain histologies

Transformations corrected for certain histologies

Note: Detailed list of changes in comparison documents

Heme DB: Transformation field

Transformations to Only applicable chronic neoplasms will have

histologies listed

Neoplasm does not transform when no histologies listed

Transformations used with Rules M8-M13 (Chronic/acute)

Heme DB: Transformation field, cont.

Transformations from Only applicable acute neoplasms will have

histologies listed

Neoplasm does not transform when no histologies listed

Transformations used with Rules M8-M13 (Chronic/acute)

Heme DB: Transformation field, cont.

Applicable neoplasms will have one or the other Not possible to have both “transformation to” and

“transformation from”

Neoplasm does not transform when no histologies listed in either field

Heme DB: Same primaries

For histologies that have same primaries, the ICD-O-3 code AND the name are now listed

Links are provided to the same primary codes

Upcoming projects

Detailed comparison documents for the manual and database

Updated training materials Updating applicable presentations currently on

the SEER website