CEA (Carcinoembryonic Antigen) Pretreatment Lab Value
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of CEA (Carcinoembryonic Antigen) Pretreatment Lab Value can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.
**Note 2:** Record the lab value of the highest CEA test result documented in the medical record **prior to treatment or polypectomy**. The lab value may be recorded in a lab report, history and physical, or clinical statement in the pathology report.
**Note 3:** CEA is a tumor marker that has value in the management of certain malignancies.
**Note 4:** Record to the nearest tenth in nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml) the highest CEA lab value documented in the medical record **prior to treatment or polypectomy.**
* ***Example:*** Code a pretreatment CEA of 7 ng/ml as 7.0.
**Note 5:** Record 0.1 when the lab results are stated as less than 0.1 ng/ml with no exact value.
**Note 6:** The same laboratory test should be used to record information in 3819: CEA Pretreatment Interpretation.
Default
XXXX.8
Metadata
SSDI
| Code |
Description |
| 0.0 |
0.0 nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml) exactly |
| 0.1-9999.9 |
0.1-9999.9 ng/ml
(Exact value to nearest tenth in ng/ml) |
| XXXX.1 |
10,000 ng/ml or greater |
| XXXX.7 |
Test ordered, results not in chart |
| XXXX.8 |
Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code XXXX.8 may result in an edit error.) |
| XXXX.9 |
Not documented in medical record
CEA (Carcinoembryonic Antigen) Pretreatment Lab Value not assessed or unknown if assessed |
