84882-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code84882-0
name
descriptionColorectal cancer histologic type based on the current World Health Organization (WHO) classification. Colonrectal tumor types include adenocarcinoma, mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet-ring cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, and others. [https://publications.iarc.fr/Book-And-Report-Series/Iarc-Handbooks-Of-Cancer-Prevention/Colorectal-Cancer-Screening-2019]
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentHistologic type
propertyType  =  Type:  The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemColorectal cancer specimen
scaleNom  =  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.
methodWHO classification

Additional Names

short nameCA; Ca spec; CRC spec; Histo type; Nominal; Pathology; Point in time; Random; Spec; Typ; World Heatlth Organization

Basic Attributes

classPATH
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationHisto type CRC

Member of these Panels

84907-5
85905-8Copyright © 2017 College of American Pathologists Used with permission

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.72
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

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