Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value, an indicator of kidney function is required to calculate the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, which is used to assign priority for liver transplant.

Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value is a Registry Data Collection Variable in AJCC. This data item was previously collected for Liver, CS SSF# 4.

0.0	0.0 milligram/deciliter (mg/dl) 0.0 micromole/liter (umol/L)
0.1-99.9	0.1-99.9 milligram/deciliter (mg/dl) 0.1-99.9 micromole/liter (umol/L) (Exact value to nearest tenth of mg/dl or umol/L)
XX.1	100 mg/dl or greater 100 umol/L or greater
XX.7	Test ordered, results not in chart
XX.8	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code XX.8 will result in an edit error.)
XX.9	Not documented in medical record Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value not assessed or unknown if assessed

Each Site-Specific Data Item (SSDI) applies only to selected primary sites, histologies, and years of diagnosis. Depending on applicability and standard-setter requirements, SSDIs may be left blank.