LOINC Code 21927-9: Date 1st chemotherapy treatment Cancer
21927-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Date 1st chemotherapy treatment Cancer in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Date 1st chemotherapy treatment. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Cancer.XXX.
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 Date 1st chemotherapy treatment. 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
- Date 1st chemotherapy treatment Cancer
- Date 1st chemotherapy treatment
- Date of initiation of chemotherapy that is part of the first course of treatment. See also RX Summ--Chemo [1390]. See page 81 for date format. The dates on which different treatment modalities were started are used to evaluate whether the treatments were part of first-course therapy and to reconstruct the sequence of first-course treatment modes... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
- CA; Chemo; First; Misc; Miscellaneous; Oncology; Other; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Tx; 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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