LOINC Code 39806-5: Summary stage at Dx 2000 revised Cancer

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 Stage.summary at Dx 2000 revised. 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

• Summary stage at Dx 2000 revised Cancer
• Stage.summary at Dx 2000 revised
• Code for summary stage at the initial diagnosis or treatment of the reportable tumor. For hospital registries, COC requires its use in the absence of a defined AJCC classification. For site-specific definitions of categories, see SEER Summary Staging Manual 2000. Summary stage should include all information available through completion of surgery(ies) in the first course of treatment or within 4 months of diagnosis in the absence of disease progression, whichever is longer. Stage information is important when evaluating the effects of cancer control programs. It is crucial in understanding whether changes over time in incidence rates or outcomes are due to earlier detection of the cancers. In addition, cancer treatment cannot be studied without knowing the stage at diagnosis... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
• CA; Diagnosis; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; SS; SS at Dx 2000 revised; 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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