Edits Metafile and Associated Documents
The NAACCR Edits Metafile is a collection of data validations programs, or edits, applied to cancer data collected and reported in a standardized format, with standardized data definitions and recording instructions. The development and release of new metafiles is overseen by the NAACCR Edits Workgroup, headed by the NAACCR Edits Administrator with the assistance of the Edits Metafile Administrator.
The NAACCR Edits Workgroup is composed of representatives from all the standard-setting agencies; representatives from the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), from central cancer registries, and from many of the cancer registry software vendors; and other interested persons. The workgroup meets as required to review progress in and schedule release of new metafiles, to review and comment on new or modified edits, and to discuss any edit-related issues.
A major update is typically released every August or September for use in the following calendar year. If needed, a minor minor update is released the following March. The NAACCR Edits Metafile includes sample edits for each standard setter that reflect the reporting requirements of that standard setters. The NAACCR Edits metafile is primarily used by central cancer registries to create custom edit metafiles that meet their individual reporting requirements.
Below you will find a link to the NAACCR Edits Metafile and associated documents. Under the Clearinghouse tab you will find links to central registry specific edit metafiles that have been posted by central registries.
NAACCR Edits Metafile V22A
- Version 22A Metafile – NAACCR v22A Metafile (9/20/21)
- The v22 metafile posted on 8/30/21 had a problem with the layout and should not be used. Instructions for updating a v22 metafile to v22A are below.
- Instructions for converting a v21B metafile to V22A will be posted soon.
- Instructions for converting a v21B metafile to V22A will be posted soon.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v22– Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V21B to V22). (8/30/21)
- NAACCR v22 Standard Setter Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets (8/30/21)
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v22 Edit Detail Report (coming soon)
v22 Workshop for Central Registry Edit Metafile Administrators (9/20/21)
During this workshop we will carefully reviewed the v21B to v22A changes spreadsheet, demonstrated how to convert a v21B metafile to v22A, and discussed updating the data dictionary in GenEDITS. Please contact jhofferkamp@naaccr.org for more information or to register.
A MyNAACCR account is required to view posted metafiles, upload metafiles, download metafiles, or to subscribe for notifications.
The NAACCR Edits Clearinghouse provides a space where central registries can share their central registry specific edit metafiles with other central registries, software vendors, and users of their registry metafile.
Central Registries are strongly encouraged to post the most current version of their central registry metafile beginning with v22.
- Multiple metafiles can be posted as well as documentation related to the metafile.
- To post your metafiles and/or associated documentation, use our Metafile Upload Portal.
- If you choose to not upload a metafile, you should still post a document explaining where information concerning the metafile can be found and a contact person who can answer question concerning the metafile.
- To subscribe to registries and get email notifications when new files are uploaded, visit our Subscribe to Registries Page.
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Posted 3/15/21
- Version 21B Metafile – NAACCR v21B Metafile. (Posted 3/15/21)
- Instruction for updating a v21A metafile to v21B (Coming Soon)
- Changes Made to NAACCR v21B– Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V21A to V21B). (Posted 3/15/21)
- NAACCR v21B Standard Setter Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v21B Edit Detail Report (4/30/20)
- Edit List-List of all edits in the v21A metafile with tag numbers (Coming Soon)
v21B Workshop for Central Registry Edit Metafile Administrators 3/19/21
During this workshop we carefully reviewed the v21A to v21B changes spreadsheet, demonstrated how to convert a v21A metafile to v21B, and discussed updating the data dictionary in GenEDITS.
- Recording of live workshop
- Slides
- v21A to v21B Conversion Instructions
- GenEDITS Data Dictionary Update
- QnA v21B Implementation
If you have identified a potential edit issue, please review this document to see if it has previously been reported.
Posted 10/11/20
- Version 21A Metafile – NAACCR v21A Metafile.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v21A – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V21 to V21A).
- Changes Made to NAACCR v21 – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V18D to V21).
Posted 08/31/2020
- Version 21 Metafile – NAACCR v21 Metafile.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v21 – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V18D to V21).
- NAACCR v21 Standard Setter Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v21 Edit Detail Report (coming soon)
- Corrections Spreadsheet – This document describes issues identified in the current metafile and describes how these issues will be corrected in the next edits metafile release.
- Changes Spreadsheet 10/1/20
If you have identified a potential edit issue, please review this document to see if it has previously been reported.
For more information about on-going edit issues or to submit an issue, see the NAACCR Edits Forum
Posted 09/03/2019
- Version 18D Metafile – NAACCR v18D Metafile. (Patch has not been applied)
- Patch 1 V18D (Updated 10/08/2019) – Patch 1 V18D
- Patch Written Instructions (Updated 10/08/2019) – Patch Written Instructions
- Overview (Updated 10/09/2019) – Patch Instructional Video 1
- Description of the patch
- Edits included in the patch
- Who should apply the patch
- How to apply the Patch (Updated 10/09/2019) – Patch Instructional Video 2
- Changes Made to NAACCR v18d – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V18c to V18d).
- NAACCR v18d Standard Setter Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets
- Summary Report – NAACCR Summary v18D
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v18d Edit Detail Report
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Posted 4/5/19
- Version 18c Metafile – NAACCR v18c Metafile.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v18c – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V18b to V18c).
- NAACCR v18C Standard Setter Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets.
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v18C Edit Detail Report
- Overview of v18c (video)
- Corrections Spreadsheet Updated 6/5/19
- This document describes issues identified in the current metafile and describes how these issues will be corrected in the next edits metafile release.
- If you have identified a potential edit issue, please review this document to see if it has previously been reported.
- For more information about on-going edit issues or to submit an issue, see the NAACCR Edits Forum
- This document describes issues identified in the current metafile and describes how these issues will be corrected in the next edits metafile release.
Posted 10/5/18
- Version 18b Metafile – NAACCR v18b Metafile.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v18b – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V18 to V18a and v18 to v18b).
- Changes Made to NAACCR v18 – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16E to V18).
- NAACCR v18b Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets.
- Edit Detail Report – NAACCR v18b Edit Detail Report
Posted 8/22/18
- NAACCR v18 Metafile. – Version 18 Metafile.
- Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16E to V18) – Changes Made to NAACCR v18.
- Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets. – NAACCR v18 Edit Sets.
- Detailed description of each edit in the v18 metafiles. – NAACCR v18 Edits Detail Report.
Posted 5/31/17
- Version 16E Metafile – NAACCR v16E Metafile.
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16E – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16D to V16E).
- NAACCR v16E Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits in the standard setters edit sets.
- NAACCR v16E Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download and open in Adobe if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser.
- Version 16E For EDITS50 – NAACCR V16E metafile converted to SQLite for EDITS50 (EditWriter 5) with tags and script.
Posted 2/17/17
- Version 16D Metafile – NAACCR v16D Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16D – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16C to V16D)
- NAACCR v16D Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- NAACCR v16D Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser
- Version 16D For EDITS50 – NAACCR V16D metafile converted to SQLite for EDITS50 (EditWriter 5) with tags and script.
Posted 10/21/16
- Version 16C Metafile – NAACCR v16 Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16B and v16cMetafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16A to V16B and C)
- NAACCR v16C Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- NAACCR v16C Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser
- Version 16C For EDITS50 – NAACCR V16c metafile converted to SQLite for EDITS50 (EditWriter 5) with tags and script.
Posted 10/6/16
- Version 16B Metafile – NAACCR v16 Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16B Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16A to V16B)
- NAACCR v16B Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- NAACCR v16B Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser
Posted 8/2/16
- Version 16A Metafile – NAACCR v16 Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16A Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V16 to V16A)
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16 Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes (From V15A to V16)
- NAACCR v16A Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- NAACCR v16A Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser
Posted 6/20/16
- Version 16 Metafile – NAACCR v16 Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v16 Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes (Updated 8/2/16)
- NAACCR v16 Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits. Please download if bookmark navigation does not work in your browser
- NAACCR v16 Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- Version 15A Metafile – NAACCR v15A Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v15A Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes
- NAACCR v15A Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits
- NAACCR v15A Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
- Version 15 Metafile – NAACCR v15 Metafile
- Changes Made to NAACCR v15 Metafile – Spreadsheet with edit changes
- NAACCR v15 Edits Detail Report – PDF with descriptions of all edits
- NAACCR v15 Edit Sets – Spreadsheet listing all edits and showing what edit sets they are included in
Software
- EDITS Software – Link to Edit Writer 5 and GenEdits 5
- Technical problems concerning the EditWriter 5 or GenEdits 5 software should be sent to cancerinformatics@cdc.gov
Manuals and Training Videos
Edits Workshop
Developing a v21 Registry Specific Edits Metafile
Manuals
Training Videos
