22021-0

LOINC code 22021-0 identifies "Institution referred from Cancer registry". Identifies the facility that referred the patient to the reporting hospital. Each facility's FIN is unique. This number is used to document and monitor referral patterns. Efforts are underway to establish uniform national provider ID numbers. COC and NAACCR committees will consider adoption of any federal standards, when they become available. 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... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11

This code measures Institution referred from in Cancer registry. It belongs to the ADMIN.ID class in the LOINC classification.

LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a universal standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observations. It is maintained by the Regenstrief Institute and used worldwide for health data exchange.