Data domain: Field Name: Type_of_First_Treatment Format: NN Patients should be included if first treatment is attempted but not Guide for use: carried out or completed for clinical reasons. For example ‘open and shut be coded under 01 surgery. surgery’ would A diagnostic biopsy should only be included as first treatment when the whole tumour has been removed and the margins are clear. Where the treatment is a not to the record should be ‘decision treat’ allocated the most appropriate of either the supportive or ‘best care’ ‘non-intervention management’ codes. Concurrent radiation therapy and chemotherapy refers to where both radiation and chemotherapy are given simultaneously. This is distinct to when both are given in sequence where a course of chemotherapy is followed by a course of radiotherapy (or vice versa). DHB of service for first treatment definition Definition: The DHB of service for first treatment is the code of the DHB that provided the first cancer treatment. patient’s
Data domain: Field Name: Type_of_First_Treatment Format: NN Guide for use: Patients should be included if first treatment is attempted but not carried out or completed for clinical reasons. For example ‘open and shut surgery’ would be coded under 01 surgery. A diagnostic biopsy should only be included as first treatment when the whole tumour has been removed and the margins are clear. Where the treatment is a ‘decision not to treat’ the record should be allocated the most appropriate of either the ‘best supportive care’ or ‘non-intervention management’ codes. Concurrent radiation therapy and chemotherapy refers to where both radiation and chemotherapy are given simultaneously. This is distinct to when both are given in sequence where a course of chemotherapy is followed by a course of radiotherapy (or vice versa). DHB of service for first treatment definition Definition: The DHB of service for first treatment is the code of the DHB that provided the patient’s first cancer treatment.