M CATEGORY (PATHOLOGICAL)

M CATEGORY (PATHOLOGICAL) is the code, using a TNM CODING EDITION, which classifies the absence or presence of distant metastases based on the evidence from a pathological examination.

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Full name METASTASIS CATEGORY (PATHOLOGICAL)
Plural M CATEGORIES (PATHOLOGICAL)