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Notes:
MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) is the same as attribute CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE.

MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) is the PATIENT DIAGNOSIS using the SNOMED® (Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine) code for the CELL type of the malignant disease recorded as part of a Cancer Care Spell.

For the Cancer Outcomes and Services Data Set, MORPHOLOGY (SNOMED) can be recorded as well as or instead of MORPHOLOGY (ICD-O).

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	HISTOLOGY (SNOMED)
plural	MORPHOLOGIES (SNOMED)