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Cancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer, procedure code (ACHI 9th edn) NNNNN-NN

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termSurgical procedure for cancer
METEOR identifier:Help on this term603484
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:Help on this termThe cancer-directed surgical procedure performed during the course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termCancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) 9th edition
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termNNNNN-NN
Maximum character length:Help on this term8

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The procedure code is collected for all cancer-directed surgery performed during treatment for cancer.

Cancer-directed surgery refers to all surgery that destroys or modifies cancer tissue anywhere in the body.

Cancer-directed surgery may be palliative (to control symptoms, alleviate pain, or make the patient more comfortable), or curative.

Biopsies that remove the entire tumour and/or leave only microscopic margins are to be recorded here.

The procedure code for each surgical treatment episode should be entered separately.

Endocrine surgery for the purpose of modifying hormone levels is recorded with data element Cancer treatment—systemic therapy procedure, code N[N].
Collection methods:Help on this termThis information should be obtained from the patient's medical record.
Comments:Help on this termThe collection of specific treatment information is useful to evaluate patterns of care, the effectiveness of different treatment modalities, and treatment by patient outcome.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termCancer Australia
Origin:Help on this term

National Centre for Classification in Health

New South Wales Department of Health, Public Health Division
Reference documents:Help on this term

Public Health Division 2001. NSW Clinical Cancer Data Collection for Outcomes and Quality: Data Dictionary, Version 1. Sydney:NSW Health Department

American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision. Commission on Cancer

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

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Cancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer, procedure code (ACHI 8th edn) NNNNN-NN
  • Health, Superseded 14/05/2015
See also Cancer treatment—surgery target site, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Cancer treatment—surgical procedure date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Surgery for cancer cluster
Health, Standard 14/05/2015

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