Preferred Label : Cause of death:Find:Pt: Patient:Nom:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : Cause of death;
LOINC short name : Cause of death;
LOINC description : Official cause of death as coded from the death certificate in valid ICD-7, ICD-8,
ICD-9, and ICD-10 codes. If an appropriate ICD code cannot be found, there are three
supplemental codes: 0000 Patient alive at last contact, 7777 State death certificate
not available, and 7797 State death certification available by underlying cause of
death is not coded (Refer to the SEER Program Code Manual for additional information).
Cause of death is used for the calculation of adjusted survival rates by the life
table method. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Standards
for Cancer Registries Volume II, Data Standards and Data Dictionary, Tenth Edition,
Record Layout Version 11.;
Origin ID : 79378-6;
UMLS CUI : C4050444;
Has component
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- Has system
- Has time aspect
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