LOINC Code 84906-7: Bladder neck involvement Ql (Prostate tumor)

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 Bladder neck involvement. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Prostate tumor.

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

• Bladder neck involvement of Prostate tumor
• Bladder neck involvement
• This term is used to record whether or not the urinary bladder neck is involved with the prostate tumor. Microscopically, invasion of the bladder neck can be identified when there are neoplastic glands within the thick smooth muscle bundles of the bladder neck in sections from the base of the prostate in the absence of associated benign prostatic glandular tissue.
• Bladder neck involved; Cancer; Ordinal; PATHOLOGY; Point in time; PR; Prost; Prostatic; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; tumors; tumour; tumours

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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