LOINC long common name : Collaborative staging metastasis evaluation Cancer;
LOINC short name : CS mets eval Cancer;
LOINC description : This belongs to the set of Collaborative Staging (CS) data items effective with 2004
diagnosis. CS Mets Eval records how the code for item. CS Mets at DX [2850] was determined
based on the diagnostic methods employed. This data item is used in CS to identify
whether the M (of AJCC TNM) was clinically or pathologically diagnosed and by what
methods, CS Mets Eval is used to derive the Derived AJCC M Descriptor [2990]. .. NAACCR
Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;