Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator, yes/no/unknown code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Molecular pathology indicator |
Synonymous names:![]() | Molecular pathology |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 435150 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition:![]() | An indicator of whether molecular pathology testing was performed to characterise a person's cancer, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person with cancer—molecular pathology indicator |
Value Domain:![]() | Yes/no/unknown code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Code | |
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Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | N | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values:![]() | 1 | Yes |
2 | No | |
Supplementary values:![]() | 8 | Unknown |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | Record whether or not molecular testing was performed on the biospecimen sample of a person with cancer. This should be collected for people with cancer where pathology data is available. |
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Collection methods:![]() | This information should be sought from the patient's pathology report or a pathology database. |
Comments:![]() | Collected to identify the number of patients who undergo molecular testing. The presence of genetic or molecular abnormalities may be of clinical significance and influence treatment decisions. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents:![]() | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 2010. Lung cancer structured reporting protocol. 1st Edition (Version 1.0). Surry Hills, NSW: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | See also Person with cancer—lung cancer molecular pathology test results, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Person with cancer—molecular pathology test date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 See also Person with cancer—molecular pathology test results, (other) code X[X(19)] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
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