Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer in December 2006. In accordance with the Interventional Procedures Programme Process Guide, guidance on procedures with special arrangements are reviewed 3 years after publication and the procedure is reassessed if important new evidence is available.

The guidance was considered for reassessment in December 2009 and it was concluded that NICE will not be updating this guidance at this stage. However, if you believe there is new evidence which should warrant a review of our guidance, please contact us via the email address below.

Description

Oesophageal cancer usually originates in the lining of the oesophagus and can develop in the upper, middle, or lower section of the organ. Photodynamic therapy uses light to kill cancer cells. The patients takes a drug that makes cancerous cells sensitive to light. Then the doctor shines a very bright light onto the oesophagous which activates the drug and kills the cells.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

G14.7 Fibreoptic endoscopic photodynamic therapy of lesion of oesophagus

In addition an ICD-10 code from category C15. - Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus or C78.8 Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs is assigned.

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

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	IPG200 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer: guidance (web format)	11 February 2011
	IPG200 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer: guidance	13 December 2006
	IPG200 Treatment of early-stage oesophageal cancer with photodynamic therapy: Understanding NICE guidance	13 December 2006
	IPG200 Treatment of early-stage oesophageal cancer with photodynamic therapy: Understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	13 December 2006
	IPG200 Trin canser yr oesoffagws cynnar gyda therapi ffotodynamig: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	15 October 2009
	IPG200 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer: Audit criteria	18 December 2006
	IPG200 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer: consultation comments table	13 December 2006
	Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer (interventional procedures consultation)	25 July 2006
	Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer (interventional procedures overview)	25 July 2006
	IPG200 Photo-dynamic therapy for early oesophageal cancer: consultation comments table	13 December 2006