Person with cancer—intention of treatment, code AAA
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Person with cancer-intention of treatment |
| Synonymous names: | PER_TREATMENT_INTENTION |
| METEOR identifier: | 555691 |
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| Definition: | The reason why treatment is provided to a person with cancer, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—intention of treatment |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||
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| Data type: | String | ||||||||
| Format: | AAA | ||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | ||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Code PRO Prophylactic This code is used for treatment to prevent the occurrence or spread of disease. Code CUR Curative This code is used when treatment is given for control of the disease. Code PAL Palliative This code is used when treatment is given primarily for the purpose of pain control. Other benefits of the treatment are considered secondary contributions to quality of life. | ||||||||
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| Guide for use: | This is a mandatory data item for national reporting in the: Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2013-15 Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015- Establishments that are in scope for national reporting are only those health care establishments that provide megavoltage external beam radiotherapy treatment. | ||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2013-15
See also Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015-2018
See also Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2018-
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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