HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Breast Cancer Data, Release 1 - US Realm (Draft for Comment)

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BC NuclearGradeCS CodeSystem

The nuclear grade describes how closely the nuclei of cancer cells look like the nuclei of normal breast cells. In general, the higher the nuclear grade, the more abnormal the nuclei are and the more aggressive the tumor cells tend to be. The nuclear grade is a part of overall tumor grade.

This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/breastcancer/CodeSystem/oncology-NuclearGradeCS defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
G1 Grade I - low grade or well differentiatedGrade I - low grade or well differentiated
G2 Grade II - Intermediate/moderate grade or moderately differentiatedGrade II - Intermediate/moderate grade or moderately differentiated
G3 Grade III - High grade or pooly differentiatedGrade III - High grade or pooly differentiated
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References

This code system is used by the following value sets: