TELETHERAPY PHOTON ENERGY

The prescribed photon energy of a Teletherapy Treatment Course.

National Codes:

1Superficial (less than 160 kV)
2Orthovoltage (less than 500 kV)
3Megavoltage (less than 6 MV)
4Megavoltage (equal to or greater than 6 MV)
7Cobalt
8Other (not Photon or Electron)

Note that TELETHERAPY ELECTRON ENERGY uses codes 5 and 6.

References:
National Cancer Dataset Version1.3_ISB October 2002

 

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pluralTELETHERAPY PHOTON ENERGIES