GLOBAL MAP DATA DICTIONARY #160.6 -- SURGICAL APPROACH FILE 3/24/25 PAGE 1 STORED IN ^ONCO(160.6, (9 ENTRIES) SITE: WWW.BMIRWIN.COM UCI: VISTA,VISTA (VERSION 2.2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SURGICAL APPROACH describes the method used to approach the surgical field. Use codes 1-9 only if the patient had cancer-directed surgery of the primary site. Use code 0 if the patient did not have cancer-directed surgery of the primary site. Use code 9 for TURP, TURB, and colonoscope with polypectomy, etc. This item records information on the increasing use of less invasive procedures. The data will make possible a comparative analysis of traditional and laparoscopic approaches. CROSS REFERENCED BY: CODE(B) ^ONCO(160.6,D0,0)= (#.01) CODE [1F] ^ (#1) DEFINITION [2F] ^ INPUT TEMPLATE(S): PRINT TEMPLATE(S): SORT TEMPLATE(S): FORM(S)/BLOCK(S):