Cancer staging—cancer staging scheme source edition number, code N[N]

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Staging scheme source edition number

METeOR identifier:

297011

Registration status:

Health, Standard 04/06/2004

Definition:

The edition of the reference used for the purposes of staging the cancer, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
88	Not applicable (Cases that do not have a recommended staging scheme)
99	Unknown edition

Guide for use:

Record the edition number (i.e. 1 - 87).

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:

Commission on Cancer, Standards of the Commission on Cancer Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS) Volume II (1998).

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 06/03/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Conditional obligation:* Recorded if the recommended data standard is not used, e.g. the recommended standard specifies the 6th edition, but the 5th edition is used; or if another classification (not the TNM) is used to stage the cancer, e.g. FAB for leukaemia classification is used.

Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Standard 06/03/2009

Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Standardisation pending 05/12/2009