LOINC description : Code identifying those cases for which ethnicity was determined by matching Name--Last
[2230] and Name--Maiden [2390] to a computer list of Spanish/Hispanic names or by
a software algorithm. This field was adopted for use for tumors diagnosed 1994 forward.
See also Computed Ethnicity Source [210]. One method of identifying persons of Hispanic
origin is to apply a standard computer list or algorithm to items 2230 and 2390, the
patient's surname and/or maiden name. This has advantages across large populations
of being reproducible and facilitating comparisons between areas using identical methods.
It may sometimes be possible to identify population denominators in which the same
method was used to identify Hispanics. Generally, only central registries will have
this capability. This field provides coding to indicate both that such a computerized
name-based method was applied and the results of the method. Coding is independent
of that in Spanish/Hispanic Origin [190]. The computer-derived ethnicity may be different
from the ethnicity reported by registries in Spanish/Hispanic Origin [190] as code
7 (Spanish Surname Only), because that field may include manual review. This field
shows the results of computer-derived ethnicity only... NAACCR Data Standards and
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