AFP (Alpha Fetoprotein) Post-Orchiectomy Lab Value
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of the AFP (Alpha Fetoprotein) Post-Orchiectomy Lab Value can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.
**Note 2:** Record the lab value of the AFP test results documented in the medical record **after orchiectomy** but prior to adjuvant therapy. The lab value may be documented in a lab report, history and physical, or clinical statement in the pathology report.
**Note 3:** If the initial post-orchiectomy AFP remains elevated, review subsequent tests and record the lowest AFP value (normalization or plateau) prior to adjuvant therapy or before the value rises again.
**Note 4:** A lab value expressed in micrograms/liter (ug/L) is equivalent to the same value expressed in ng/mL.
**Note 5:** If the lab value is expressed in IU/ml, use the following conversion: 1 ng/mL = 0.83 IU/mL.
* To calculate ng from IU/mL, divide the value for IU by 0.83.
* *Example*: 10 IU/mL: 10/0.83 = 12.04 ng/mL; 5 IU/mL: 5/0.83= 6.02 ng/mL
**Note 6:** If the pre-orchiectomy AFP was normal, a post-orchiectomy AFP may not be performed. In this case, code XXXXX.9 should be recorded.
**Note 7:** If the only information available is a statement of elevated or normal, code XXXXX.9.
**Note 8:** The same laboratory test should be used to record information in AFP Post-Orchiectomy Range [NAACCR Data Item #3806].
Default
XXXXX.8
Metadata
SSDI
| Code |
Description |
| 0.0 |
0.0 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL) |
| 0.1-99999.9 |
0.1 - 99,999.9 ng/mL |
| XXXXX.1 |
100,000 ng/mL or greater |
| XXXXX.7 |
Test ordered, results not in chart |
| XXXXX.8 |
Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code XXXXX.8 may result in an edit error.) |
| XXXXX.9 |
Not documented in medical record
No orchiectomy performed
AFP (Alpha Fetoprotein) Post-Orchiectomy Lab Value not assessed or unknown if assessed |
