This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/radiotherapy defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
LDR-PERM | Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy - Permanent Placement | Radiation treatment that irradiates a body volume with permanently placed radiation sources delivering low dose rates (typically less than or equal to 2 Gy/hour). |
LDR-TEMP | Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy - Temporary Placement | Radiation treatment that irradiates a body volume with temporarily placed radiation sources delivering low dose rates (typically less than or equal to 2 Gy/hour). |
3D | Three Dimensional | Dose calculated with projection onto 3D imaging (e.g., CT or MR) delivered with either static aperture (Collimator, SRS Cone, Static MLC, blocks, etc) or non-IMRT/VMAT dynamic apertures (e.g., field-in-field, dynamic arc) using either single gantry angles or arcs. |
PPS | Particle Passive Scattering | In proton or carbon ion beam therapy, a technique where the beam is spread out to larger dimension using a scattering device such as lead foil. |
PSS | Particle Spot Scanning | In proton or carbon ion beam therapy, a technique where accelerated particles are focused into a small beam and then moved (scanned) over target regions in the patient. |
MIX | Mixed | Both photon and particle based beams are used to deliver the radiation therapy. |
CAV-IMB | Intracavitary, Intensity Modulated | A technique of brachytherapy that dynamically directs the radiation into the tumours and away from healthy tissue, for example, by incorporation of metallic shields inside brachytherapy applicators. |
LN_AX_L1 | Level 1 Axillary Lymph Nodes | |
LN_Ax_L2 | Level 2 Axillary Lymph Nodes | |
LN_Ax_L3 | Level 3 Axillary Lymph Nodes | |
LN_Neck_IA | Level IA (Submental) neck node | |
LN_Neck_IB | Level IB (Submandibular) neck node | |
LN_Neck_IIA | Level IIA (Upper Jugular) neck node | |
LN_Neck_IIB | Level IIB (Upper Jugular) neck node | |
LN_Neck_III | Level III (Middle Jugular) neck node | |
LN_Neck_IV | Level IV neck (Lower Jugular) node | |
LN_Neck_VA | Level VA (Posterior Triangle) neck node | |
LN_Neck_VB | Level VB (Posterior Triangle) neck node | |
LN_Neck_VC | Level VC (Posterior Triangle) neck node | |
LN_Neck_VI | Level VI (Anterior Triangle) neck node | |
LN_Neck_VII | Level VII (Upper Mediastinal) neck node | |