The site of the metastatic disease.
It is used to identify metastatic disease relating to the PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS (ICD).
National Codes:
| 01 | Bone (Retired 1 July 2012) |
| 02 | Brain |
| 03 | Liver |
| 04 | Lung |
| 05 | Other metastatic site (Retired 1 July 2012) |
| 06 | Multiple metastatic sites |
| 07 | Unknown metastatic site |
| 08 | Skin |
| 09 | Distant lymph nodes |
| 10 | Bone (excluding Bone Marrow) |
| 11 | Bone marrow |
| 99 | Other metastatic site |
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | METASTATIC SITES |