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Notes:
M CATEGORY (PATHOLOGICAL) is the code, using a TNM CODING EDITION, which classifies the absence or presence of distant metastases based on the evidence from a pathological examination. 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	M CATEGORIES (PATHOLOGICAL)
fullname	METASTASIS CATEGORY (PATHOLOGICAL)