Coding according to acs commission on cancer standards
Meeting ohio cancer incidence surveillance system requirements
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information while coding patient abstracts according to oncology standard setter requirements
Job Summary
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information while coding patient abstracts according to oncology standard setter requirements.
Data documented by this role allows the cancer registry department to produce complete, timely, and high-quality data to meet required reporting and accreditation requirements.
The position requires owning at least one disease site for case finding and ensuring all abstracts are completed within 1.5-2 hours with a minimum 95% accuracy rate.
Matching Summary
The Tumor Registrar is responsible for abstracting, reviewing, synthesizing, and summarizing clinical information while coding patient abstracts according to oncology standard setter requirements.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Abstracting clinical patient information
Coding according to ACS Commission on Cancer standards
Meeting Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System requirements
Maintaining 95% accuracy rate in case abstracting
Remedying data quality issues identified through QA checks
Nice-to-have
Supporting operational research and finance areas
Aggregating data for state and national reporting
Ability to abstract multiple disease sites independently
Key Requirements
Associates degree required
Bachelor's degree preferred
Oncology Data Specialist certification required
At least 1 year hospital-based cancer registry abstracting experience