Edit processes apply to data submissions from which sources?

• A. Hospital Internal Records
• B. Laboratory Data Only
• C. Insurance Claims
• D. State or SEER Submissions, NCDB Call for Data (Hospital Registries), NAACCR or NPCR Call for Data (Central Registries)

Answer: (D)

Edit processes are quality checks applied when cancer data are submitted to national and regional registries. They are used for data coming from official submission channels that feed these systems: state programs and SEER submissions, hospital registries that participate in the National Cancer Database via a Call for Data, and central registries participating in NAACCR or NPCR data calls. These sources use standardized data elements and coding, and the edits help catch missing fields, out-of-range values, inconsistencies, and duplicates, ensuring consistent, accurate data across different jurisdictions. Internal hospital records or laboratory data can contribute to the picture but aren’t the primary sources subject to these standardized edits unless they’re mapped and submitted through these recognized channels.