LOINC Code 42117-2: Date of surgical discharge 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 Date of surgical discharge. 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 of surgical discharge Cancer
• Date of surgical discharge
• Records the date the patient was discharged following primary site surgery. The date corresponds to the event recorded in Surgical Procedure of Primary Site [1290], and Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection [3170]. See page 81 for date format. Length of stay is an important quality-of-care and financial measure among hospital administrations, those who fund public and private health care, and public health users. This date, in conjunction with the data item "Date of Most Definitive Surgical Resection" [3170], will allow for the calculation of a patient's length of hospitalization associated with primary site surgery. .. NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
• CA; Date and time; Date of surg disch; Disch; Misc; Miscellaneous; Oncology; Other; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Spec; Surg; Time stamp; Timestamp; 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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