Person with cancer—immunohistochemistry type, text X[X(49)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Immunohistochemistry type description |
METEOR identifier: | 447300 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | Describes the type of immunohistochemistry stains used to assist in the identification of abnormal cells and hence the diagnosis of a person with cancer, as represented by text. |
Context: | This should be collected for people with cancer where pathology data is available. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—immunohistochemistry type |
Value Domain: | Text X[X(49)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(49)] | |
Maximum character length: | 50 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record each immunohistochemical profile obtained to assist in the diagnosis of cancer other than those already specified in the data item for immunohistochemistry profiles of the cancer of interest. |
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Collection methods: | This information should be sought from the patient's medical record and may be included as a supplementary report in the original pathology report, or a stand-alone pathology report if a different laboratory performs the test. |
Comments: | Immunohistochemistry may be helpful in some instances for precise histological subclassification of the tumour and the exclusion of metastasis. |
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 immunohistochemistry type, code N[N] Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on immunohistochemistry type being coded as Other (88). Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Conditional on immunohistochemistry type being coded as Other (88). |
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