Deprecated Cause of death   21984-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code21984-0
nameDeprecated Cause of death
descriptionOfficial cause of death as coded from the death certificate in valid ICD-7, ICD-8, ICD-9, and ICD-10 codes. Cause of death is used for calculation of adjusted survival rates by the life table method. The adjustment corrects for deaths other than from the diagnosed cancer... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11
statusDEPRECATED
status reasonAmbiguous - The answers are amibiguous.
Replacements

alternatives to this code:

79378-6Cause of death

Fully-Specified Name

componentCause of death
propertyPrid  =  Presence or identity:  Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system^Patient
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method

Additional Names

short nameDeprecated Cause of death

Basic Attributes

classTUMRRGT
type2  Clinical

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.54
last change typeDEL  - delete (deprecate)

Related Names

Identity or presence
Nominal
Point in time
Random
TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR)

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