LOINC long common name : Tumor morphology panel Cancer;
LOINC short name : Tumor morph Pnl Cancer;
LOINC description : This panel contains information on the type of cell that has become neoplastic (histologic
type), the malignant potential of the tumor (behavior) and the tumor grade (degree
of differentiation). This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Cancer
Morphology Observation entry in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Reporting
to Public Health Cancer Registries from Ambulatory Healthcare Providers, Release 1.
This guide was developed for EHR vendors to contain the specifications for developing
the functionality of the EHR systems used by ambulatory healthcare providers to report
information on cancer patients to the public health central cancer registry.;