This code system http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-crl/CodeSystem/nkrs-diagnosticmethodsused defines the following codes:
Code | Display |
0 | Death certificate notification |
1 | Clinical examination undefined |
2 | Clinical examination defined |
3 | Tumour clinically palpable |
4 | Radiodiagnostic of tumour (Xray) |
5 | Echography of tumour (ultrasound, sonography) |
6 | Scintigraphy of tumour (e.g. MIBG) |
7 | CT scan of tumour |
8 | MRI scan of tumour |
9 | Specific imaging of tumour (e.g. PET/CT, SPECT, fluorescent optical imaging) |
10 | Imaging to determine spread of disease (metastases) |
11 | Endoscopy |
12 | Imaging NOS |
13 | Specific markers ( biochemical or immunological) |
14 | Cytogenetic analysis (karyotype) |
15 | Molecular markers (FISH, SNP, MLPA, PCR, DNA sequence etc.) |
16 | Cytology NOS / Blood smear / peripheral blood |
17 | Cytology of tumour (e.g. fine needle aspirate/ PAP) |
18 | Bone marrow aspirate |
19 | Bone marrow biopsy |
20 | Biopsy unspecified |
21 | Biopsy locoregional |
22 | Biopsy of metastasis |
23 | Biopsy locoregional or of metastasis |
24 | Biopsy of primary tumour |
25 | Biopsy and resection (z.B. melanoma) |
26 | Surgical tissue from operation (e.g. neuroendocrine tumours) |
27 | Autopsy with histological confirmation |