Kenya National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IntelliSOFT-Consulting/nccpFHIRIG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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: Kenya Cancer Grade Code System

Active as of 2026-06-04

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="cancer-grade-cs"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem cancer-grade-cs</b></p><a name="cancer-grade-cs"> </a><a name="hccancer-grade-cs"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/cancer-grade-cs</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">GX<a name="cancer-grade-cs-GX"> </a></td><td>GX — Grade Cannot Be Assessed</td><td>Histological grade cannot be assessed.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">G1<a name="cancer-grade-cs-G1"> </a></td><td>G1 — Well Differentiated</td><td>Low grade; closely resembles normal tissue.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">G2<a name="cancer-grade-cs-G2"> </a></td><td>G2 — Moderately Differentiated</td><td>Intermediate grade.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">G3<a name="cancer-grade-cs-G3"> </a></td><td>G3 — Poorly Differentiated</td><td>High grade; little resemblance to normal tissue.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">G4<a name="cancer-grade-cs-G4"> </a></td><td>G4 — Undifferentiated</td><td>Highest grade; no differentiation.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">LOW<a name="cancer-grade-cs-LOW"> </a></td><td>Low Grade</td><td>Low-grade tumour (used when numeric grade not available).</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">HIGH<a name="cancer-grade-cs-HIGH"> </a></td><td>High Grade</td><td>High-grade tumour (used when numeric grade not available).</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">NA<a name="cancer-grade-cs-NA"> </a></td><td>Not Applicable</td><td>Grading not applicable to this tumour type.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url value="https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/cancer-grade-cs"/>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="CancerGradeCS"/>
  <title value="Kenya Cancer Grade Code System"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-04T14:49:30+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency Kenya – FHIR Team"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Histological tumour grade codes based on degree of differentiation."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="KE"/>
      <display value="Kenya"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="8"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="GX"/>
    <display value="GX — Grade Cannot Be Assessed"/>
    <definition value="Histological grade cannot be assessed."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="G1"/>
    <display value="G1 — Well Differentiated"/>
    <definition value="Low grade; closely resembles normal tissue."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="G2"/>
    <display value="G2 — Moderately Differentiated"/>
    <definition value="Intermediate grade."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="G3"/>
    <display value="G3 — Poorly Differentiated"/>
    <definition value="High grade; little resemblance to normal tissue."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="G4"/>
    <display value="G4 — Undifferentiated"/>
    <definition value="Highest grade; no differentiation."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="LOW"/>
    <display value="Low Grade"/>
    <definition
                value="Low-grade tumour (used when numeric grade not available)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="HIGH"/>
    <display value="High Grade"/>
    <definition
                value="High-grade tumour (used when numeric grade not available)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="NA"/>
    <display value="Not Applicable"/>
    <definition value="Grading not applicable to this tumour type."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>