S CATEGORY CODE

The code to identify the serum Tumour markers (measurable biochemicals associated with a malignancy of TumourCELLS) for testicular cancer only.

Description

The code to identify the serum Tumour markers (measurable biochemicals associated with a malignancy of Tumour CELLS) for testicular cancer only.

S CATEGORY CODE is derived following recording of the biochemistry test items:


CODE	LDH (UNITS/LITRE)	HCG (MILLIUNITS/MILLILITRE)	AFP (NANOGRAMS/MILLILITRE)
SX	Marker studies not available or not performed	Marker studies not available or not performed	Marker studies not available or not performed
S0	Normal	Normal	Normal
S1	Less than 1.5 x normal	Less than 5,000	Less than 1,000
S2	1.5-10 x normal	5,000-50,000	1,000-10,000
S3	Greater than 10 x normal	Greater than 50,000	Greater than 10,000

Code	Description
SX	LDH - Marker studies not available or not performed; HCG - Marker studies not available or not performed; AFP - Marker studies not available or not performed
S0	LDH - Normal; HCG - Normal; AFP - Normal
S1	LDH - Less than 1.5 x normal; HCG - Less than 5,000; AFP - Less than 1,000
S2	LDH - 1.5-10 x normal; HCG - 5,000-50,000 AFP - 1,000-10,000
S3	LDH - Greater than 10 x normal; HCG - Greater than 50,000; AFP - Greater than 10,000

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Formerly	S CATEGORY FINAL PRETREATMENT
Plural	S CATEGORY CODES

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Class	CLINICAL INVESTIGATION RESULT ITEM	has an attribute S CATEGORY CODE of type S CATEGORY CODE
Data Element	S CATEGORY CODE	is the data element of S CATEGORY CODE
Attribute	S CATEGORY CODE	references in description S CATEGORY CODE