VI.5.2 Hormone Therapy Codes

Use the following codes for recording hormone therapy in the Summary field.

Use codes 00-87 for recording hormone therapy in the at this facility field.
The codes for Reason No Hormone have been incorporated into this field.
For recording therapy at this facility, do not use code 99 if Class of Case is coded to 00, 30, or 31.
Referral to a medical oncologist is considered a recommendation. Follow-up on these cases is required to determine whether hormone therapy was administered or not, and code accordingly. This applies to cases diagnosed January 1, 2010 and forward.

Code	Description
00	None, hormone therapy was not part of the planned first course therapy.
01	Hormone therapy administered as first course therapy.
82	Hormone therapy was not recommended/administered because it was contraindicated due to patient risk factors (ie, comorbid conditions, advanced age).
85	Hormone therapy was not administered because the patient died prior to planned or recommended therapy.
86	Hormone therapy was not administered. It was recommended by the patient's physician, but was not administered as part of the first course therapy. No reason was stated in patient record.
87	Hormone therapy was not administered. It was recommended by the patient's physician, but this treatment was refused by the patient, a patient's family member, or the patient's guardian. The refusal was noted in the patient record.
88	Hormone therapy was recommended, but it is unknown if it was administered.
99	It is unknown whether a hormonal agent(s) was recommended or administered because it is not stated in patient record. Death certificate only.