LOINC Code 42025-7: NAACCR Indian Health Service linkage

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 NAACCR Indian Health Service linkage. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.

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

• NAACCR Indian Health Service linkage
• This variable captures the results of the linkage of the registry database with the Indian Health Service patient registration database. The IHS linkage identifies cancer cases among American Indians who were misclassified as non-Indian in the registry database in order to improve the quality of cancer surveillance data on American Indians in both the individual registries and in all registries as a whole. The goal is to include cancer incidence data for American Indians in the United States Cancer Statistics by use of this variable as well as the race variable. .. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
• I.H.S.; Identity or presence; NAACCR HIS linkage; Nominal; North American Association of Central Cancer Registries; Oncology; Point in time; Random; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR)

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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