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. 2022 Oct 18;2:32. Originally published 2022 Apr 21. [Version 2] doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13266.2

Table 2. Clinical codes relating to colorectal cancer from NCRAS.

ICD-10 code Term
C18 Malignant neoplasm of colon
C18.0 Caecum (incl.: Ileocaecal valve)
C18.1 Appendix
C18.2 Ascending colon
C18.3 Hepatic flexure
C18.4 Transverse colon
C18.5 Splenic flexure
C18.6 Descending colon
C18.7 Sigmoid colon (Incl.: Sigmoid (flexure); Excl.: rectosigmoid junction (C19))
C18.8 Overlapping lesion of colon
C18.9 Colon, unspecified (Incl.: Large intestine NOS)
C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction (Incl.: Colon with rectum, Rectosigmoid (colon))
C20 Malignant neoplasm of rectum (Incl.: Rectal ampulla)
C21 Malignant neoplasm of anus and anal canal
C21.0 Anus, unspecified (Excl.: anal: margin (C43.5, C44.5), skin (C43.5, C44.5) perianal skin (C43.5, C44.5))
C21.1 Anal canal (Incl.: Anal sphincter)
C21.2 Cloacogenic zone
C21.8 Overlapping lesion of rectum, anus and anal canal (Incl.: Anorectal junction, Anorectum, and Malignant neoplasm of
rectum, anus and anal canal whose point of origin cannot be classified to any one of the categories C20-C21.2)