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Person with cancer—distant metastasis status, M stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours 5th ed) code XX

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termCancer staging—M stage code
METEOR identifier:Help on this term293231
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 06/03/2009
Definition:Help on this termAbsence or presence of distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis of the primary cancer, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Person with cancer—distant metastasis status

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:International Union against Cancer TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours 5th edition
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termXX
Maximum character length:Help on this term2
Supplementary values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
88Not applicable

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Valid M codes from the current edition of the UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours.

Refer to the UICC reference manual, TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours for coding rules.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Choose the lower (less advanced) M category when there is any uncertainty.

Collection methods:Help on this term

From information provided by the treating doctor and recorded on the patient's medical record.

Comments:Help on this term

Cancer prognosis and survival can be related to the extent of the disease at diagnosis. Survival rates are generally higher if the disease is localised to the organ of origin compared with cases in which the tumour has spread beyond the primary site.

Staging systems seek to classify patients having a similar prognosis into groups or stages. TNM staging is an internationally agreed staging classification system based on the anatomical site of the primary tumour and its extent of spread. The T component refers to the size of the tumour and whether or not it has spread to surrounding tissues. The N component describes the presence or absence of tumour in regional lymph nodes. The M component refers to the presence or absence of tumour at sites distant from the primary site.

TNM staging applies to solid tumours excluding brain tumours.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

International Union Against Cancer (UICC)

Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons

Reference documents:Help on this term

UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (5th Edition) (1997)

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

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFCancer staging - M stage code, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.4 KB) No registration status
Has been superseded by Person with cancer—distant metastasis status, M stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 6th edn) code XX
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2011
Is used in the formation of Person with cancer—extent of primary cancer, TNM stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours 5th ed) code XXXX{[X]XX}
  • Health, Superseded 06/03/2009
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Cancer (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

For survival analysis adjusted by stage at diagnosis and distribution of cancer cases by type and stage.


Cancer (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 06/03/2009

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

Collection of this data element is conditional on the disease site being listed in the UICC TNM classification.

DSS specific information:

For survival analysis adjusted by stage at diagnosis and distribution of cancer cases by type and stage.


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