21861-0
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 21861-0 | ||||
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| name | |||||
| description | Code for the best method of diagnostic confirmation of the cancer being reported at any time in the patient's history Diagnostic confirmation is useful to calculate rates based on microscopically confirmed cancers. Full incidence calculations must also include tumors that are only confirmed clinically. The percentage of tumors that are clinically diagnosed only is an indication of whether case finding is including sources outside of pathology reports... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11 | ||||
| status | ACTIVE | ||||
Fully-Specified Name | |||||
| component | Dx confirmed by | ||||
| property | Type = Type: The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known. | ||||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||||
| system | Cancer.XXX | ||||
| scale | Nom = Nominal: Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody. | ||||
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Additional Names | |||||
| short name | CA; Diagnosis; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Typ; Unspecified | ||||
Basic Attributes | |||||
| class | TUMRRGT | ||||
| type | 2 Clinical | ||||
| order vs. observation | Dx confirmed by | ||||
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History/Usage | |||||
| first released | |||||
| last updated | 2.29 | ||||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||||
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