LOINC Code 21942-8: Non cancer directed surgery summary
21942-8 is a LOINC code used to identify Non cancer directed surgery summary 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 Non cancer directed surgery summary. 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 Non cancer directed surgery summary. 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
- Non cancer directed surgery summary
- Identifies the surgical procedure(s) performed in an effort to diagnose and/or stage disease. COC recommends this item for tumors diagnosed 1996 and forward. For tumors diagnosed before 1996, this item may have been converted, and tumors with surgery would have been converted to 09 in this field. See also RX Summ--Surg Prim Site [1290] and RX Summ--Reconstruct 1st [1330]. For SEER and pre-1996 COC, see RX Summ--Surgery Type [1640]... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
- CA; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Non CDS summary; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; Surg; To be specified in another part of the message; 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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