LOINC Code 59559-5: Collaborative staging pre treatment extension 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 pre treatment extension. 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 pre treatment extension Cancer
• Collaborative staging pre treatment extension
• 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 pre-treatment data items include all information prior to the start of therapy. In rare circumstances where workup could not be completed prior to therapy, these items may be based on testing after limited treatment in the absence of progression or regression of disease, such as delayed planned or usual diagnostic workup. This does not include diagnostic workup for progression of disease or regression. Effective for cases diagnosed 2010+... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 12
• Before; CA; CS; CS pre Rx ex; EXT; 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); Tx; 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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