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Perineural invasion is the process of neoplastic invasion of nerves. Perineural invasion (Variable number: 4.16) in 'NATIONAL CANCER DATA DICTIONARY, V 1.1, Part A, BASIC VARIABLES for Adults, Adolescents, and Children' see Nationale Krebsregistrierungsstelle > Partner im Gesundheitswesen > Information, Grundlagen und Datenstruktur zum KRG.
This code system http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-crl/CodeSystem/nkrs-perineuralinvasion defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
0 | Pn0 | No perineural invasion. |
1 | Pn1 | Perineural invasion. |
8 | PnX | Perineural invasion cannot be assessed. |