LOINC Code 21885-9: Surgery.not cancer treatment at facility.YYY

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Surgery.not cancer Rx at facility.YYY. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Cancer.XXX.

When is it used?

• Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
• May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
• Status: ACTIVE

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Surgery.not cancer treatment at facility.YYY
• Surgery.not cancer Rx at facility.YYY
• Identifies the surgical procedure(s) performed in an effort to diagnose and/or stage disease at this facility. Used for cases diagnosed in 1996 and later. Earlier data may be converted into this field. See also RX Hosp--Surg Prim Site [670]. If central registries wish to study the procedures given at particular hospitals, the hospital-level fields must be used. The summary fields, conversely, combine information across all hospitals that provide for the tumor. Hospital-specific fields allow studies of detailed referral patterns and treatment by type of hospital. Knowing what part of the treatment was given at a particular hospital also helps resolve coding issues... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
• CA; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; Surg; To be specified in another part of the message; Treatment; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Typ; Unspecified

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

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