Preferred Label : International Classification of Diseases for Oncology;
NCIt synonyms : ICD-O; International Classification of Disease for Oncology;
CISMeF acronym : ICD-O;
NCIt definition : The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology has been used for nearly
25 years as a tool for coding diagnoses of neoplasms in tumor and cancer registrars
and in pathology laboratories. ICD-O is a dual classification with coding systems
for both topography and morphology. The topography code describes the site of origin
of the neoplasm. The morphology code describes the characteristics of the tumor itself,
including its cell type and biologic activity. (from Amazon.com);
Alternative definition : CDISC: A World Health Organization (WHO) multi-axial classification of the site, morphology,
behaviour, and grading of neoplasms.;
Origin ID : C37978;
UMLS CUI : C1512892;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
