STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #165.2 -- GEOCODES FILE 9/29/25 PAGE 1
STORED IN ^ONCO(165.2, (245 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 2.2)
DATA NAME GLOBAL DATA
ELEMENT TITLE LOCATION TYPE
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SEER Geocodes. These codes include states of the United States as well as foreign countries.
APPLICATION GROUP(S): ONCO
IDENTIFIED BY: GEOCODE (#.02)
POINTED TO BY: PLACE OF BIRTH field (#7) of the ONCOLOGY PATIENT File (#160)
PLACE OF DEATH field (#21) of the ONCOLOGY PATIENT File (#160)
CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), XREF(C), GEOCODE(D), NAME(E)
165.2,.01 NAME 0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>40!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
LAST EDITED: JUL 21, 1998
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-40 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
The SEER Geocode name.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 165.2^B
1)= S ^ONCO(165.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^ONCO(165.2,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
CROSS-REFERENCE: 165.2^E^MUMPS
1)= D UCASE^ONCOU S ^ONCO(165.2,"E",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= D UCASE^ONCOU K ^ONCO(165.2,"E",$E(X,1,30),DA)
This cross-reference allows uppercase lookup.
165.2,.02 GEOCODE 0;2 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3)!'(X?1.N) X
LAST EDITED: DEC 24, 1989
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
The SEER Geocode 3-digit code.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 165.2^D
1)= S ^ONCO(165.2,"D",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
2)= K ^ONCO(165.2,"D",$E(X,1,30),DA)
Indexes file by GEOCODE.
165.2,1 ISO COUNTRY CODE 0;3 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 08, 2012
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 3 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This field contains the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) country code. The
code is an alphabetic code according to the ISO-3166-1 alpha-3 code listing.
TECHNICAL DESCR: This field is needed in the Oncology Data Extracts which are required by NAACCR for the NCDB, State
and VACCR extracts.
165.2,1.1 USPS STATE CODE 0;4 FREE TEXT
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:$L(X)>2!($L(X)<2) X
LAST EDITED: NOV 08, 2012
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 2 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the USPS State code, or for non-North American areas, it contains a special custom code.
TECHNICAL DESCR: This field is needed in the Oncology Data Extracts which are required by NAACCR for the NCDB, State
and VACCR calls for data.
165.2,2 XREF 1;0 Multiple #165.21 (Add New Entry without Asking)
DESCRIPTION:
CROSS REFERENCE.
165.21,.01 XREF 0;1 FREE TEXT (Multiply asked)
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!(X'?.ANP)!(X<0) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>40!($L(X)<1) X
LAST EDITED: JUL 22, 1998
HELP-PROMPT: Answer must be 1-40 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION:
This is the free text cross-reference.
CROSS-REFERENCE: 165.2^C
1)= S ^ONCO(165.2,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)=""
2)= K ^ONCO(165.2,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA(1),DA)
Indexes file by XREF.
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