LOINC Code 59490-3: Collaborative staging site-specific factor 8 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 site-specific factor 8. 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 site-specific factor 8 Cancer
• Collaborative staging site-specific factor 8
• This data item belongs to the Collaborative Stage (CS) Data Collection System. The Collaborative Stage Data Collection System is based on the <i>AJCC Cancer Staging Manual</i>, 6th and 7th editions. The "CS Site-Specific Factor"items (1-25) are used to code additional site-specific information needed to derive TNM or AJCC stage, or to code prognostic factors that have an effect on stage or survival. Some site-specific information that was formerly recorded in "EOD-Tumor Size"[780] (Breslow's Thickness for melanoma; HIV/AIDS status for lymphoma) is now also in "CS Site-Specific Factor"items. Effective for cases diagnosed 2010+... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 12
• CA; CS; CS site-specific factor 8; Fac; Fact; 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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