LOINC Code 42081-0: Collaborative staging tumor size extension evaluation 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 Collaborative staging tumor size extension evaluation. 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

• Collaborative staging tumor size extension evaluation Cancer
• Collaborative staging tumor size extension evaluation
• This belongs to the set of Collaborative Staging (CS) data items effective with 2004 diagnosis. "CS Tumor Size/Ext Eval" records how the codes for "CS Tumor Size" [2800] and "CS Extension" [2810] were determined based on the diagnostic methods employed. This data item is used in CS to identify whether the T (of AJCC TNM) was clinically or pathologically diagnosed and by what method, "CS Tumor Size/Ext Eval" is used to derive the Derived AJCC T Descriptor [2950]... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
• Assessment; CA; CS; CS tumor size/ext eval; Eval; EXT; H&P; History and physical; Identity or presence; Misc; Miscellaneous; Nominal; Oncology; Other; Point in time; Random; Spec; To be specified in another part of the message; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); 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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