Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal 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 preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal 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 October 2010 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

Rectal cancer is a common form of bowel cancer. Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy involves placing radioactive material in or close to the tumour to shrink it before surgery.

NICE Pathways

This guidance has been incorporated into the following NICE Pathways, along with other related guidance and products.

Visit the NICE Pathway: colorectal cancer

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

X65.2 Delivery of a fraction of intracavitary radiotherapy

 Note: Use a subsidiary code to identify introduction of radioactive material (Y35, Y36)

Y35.8 Other specified introduction of removable radioactive material into organ NOC

Z29.1 Rectum

 

In addition the ICD-10 code C20.X Malignant neoplasm of rectum orC78.5 Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum 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}

Details

Contact details:

Links:

	IPG201 Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer: guidance (web format)	11 February 2011
	IPG201 Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer: guidance	13 December 2006
	IPG201 Treatment of rectal cancer with preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy: Understanding NICE guidance	05 March 2007
	IPG201 Treatment of rectal cancer with preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy: Understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	05 March 2007
	IPG201 Trin canser y rectwm gyda bracitherapi cyfradd dogn uchel cyndriniaethol: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	15 October 2009
	IPG201 Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer: Audit criteria	18 December 2006
	Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer (interventional procedures consultation)	25 July 2006
	Preoperative high dose rate brachytherapy for rectal cancer (interventional procedures overview)	25 July 2006