LOINC long common name : Collaborative staging site-Specific factor 4 Cancer;
LOINC short name : CS site-Specific factor 4 Cancer;
LOINC description : This belongs to the set of Collaborative Staging (CS) data items effective with 2004
diagnosis. The CS Site-Specific Factor items (1-6) are used to code additional site-specific
information needed to derive TNM or AJCC stage, or to code prognostic factors that
have an effect on stage or survival. Some site-specific information that was formerly
recorded in EOD--Tumor Size [780] (Breslow's Thickness for melanoma; HIV/AIDS status
for lymphoma) is now also in CS Site-Specific Factor items. Many site-specific schemas
do not use any of the Site-Specific Factors; other schemas use from 1 to all 6 of
the factors... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11;