LOINC Code 84878-8: Recurrence or distant metastases details Cancer Narrative

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 Recurrence or distant metastases details. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Cancer.

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
• Order vs observation: Observation

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Recurrence or distant metastases details Cancer Narrative
• Recurrence or distant metastases details
• Surgeon's description of regional (local) recurrence and/or distant metastasis. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Colorectal Cancer Structured Reporting Protocol (2nd Edition, 2012) developed by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA).
• CA; Cancer; Finding; Findings; Narrative; ONCOLOGY; Point in time; Random; Recur or distant metast details; Report

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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