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This article covers '''L4E rule 4''' for the 2014 [[L4E]] [[workload]] system. An overview of the L4E rules is found in the [[L4E rules of 2014]].  
This article covers '''L4E rule 4''' for the 2014 [[L4E]] [[workload]] system. An overview of the L4E rules is found in the [[L4E rules of 2014]].  


The definitive references for this rules in found on the CAP-ACP website.<ref name=capacp2014>Workload and Workforce Committee of the CAP-ACP. Workload Measurement Guidelines. Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP). 2014. URL: [https://www.cap-acp.org/cmsUploads/CAP/File/CAP-ACP%202014%20Workload%20FINAL.pdf https://www.cap-acp.org/cmsUploads/CAP/File/CAP-ACP%202014%20Workload%20FINAL.pdf]. Accessed on: 17 October 2017.</ref>  
The definitive reference for the rule is found on the CAP-ACP website.<ref name=capacp2014>Workload and Workforce Committee of the CAP-ACP. Workload Measurement Guidelines. Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP). 2014. URL: [https://www.cap-acp.org/cmsUploads/CAP/File/CAP-ACP%202014%20Workload%20FINAL.pdf https://www.cap-acp.org/cmsUploads/CAP/File/CAP-ACP%202014%20Workload%20FINAL.pdf]. Accessed on: 17 October 2017.</ref>  


You can test your knowledge in the ''[[Quiz:L4E rule 4 (2014)|L4E rule 4 quiz]]''.
You can test your knowledge in the ''[[Quiz:L4E rule 4 (2014)|L4E rule 4 quiz]]''.
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! Examples
! Examples
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| Most non-malignant resection (see below)
| Most non-malignant resections (see below)
| 1 L2/block, 0.33 L4E/block, minimum 1 L3 (0.5 L4E)
| 1 L2/block, 0.33 L4E/block, minimum 1 L3 (0.5 L4E)
| 1 block = 0.5 L4E, 2 blocks = 0.66 L4E, 3 blocks = 1 L4E, 4 blocks = 1.33 L4E, 5 blocks = 1.66 L4E
| 1 block = 0.5 L4E, 2 blocks = 0.66 L4E, 3 blocks = 1 L4E, 4 blocks = 1.33 L4E, 5 blocks = 1.66 L4E
| benign hysterectomy in 12 blocks = 4 L4E, hemithyroid with nodular hyperplasia in 15 blocks = 5 L4E
| benign hysterectomy in 12 blocks = 4 L4E, hemithyroid with nodular hyperplasia in 15 blocks = 5 L4E
|}
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Note:
*[[L4E rule 5 (2014)|Rule 5]] may apply to cases requiring a synoptic report as per the CAP.


===Incomplete list of specimens===
===Specimens this rule applies to===
Benign disease in:
Benign disease in:
*Hysterectomy.
*Hysterectomy.
*Thyroidectomy.
*Thyroidectomy.
*Nephrectomy..
*Simple Nephrectomy.
*Breast lumpectomy.
*Breast lumpectomy.
*Small bowel resection.
*Small bowel resection.
*Large bowel resection.
*Large bowel resection.
*Sleeve gastrectomy.
*Sleeve gastrectomy.
*Appendix.
Malignant disease - non-radical resections:
*Partial nephrectomy.
*Hemithyroidectomy with cancer.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[L4E rules of 2014]].
*[[L4E rules of 2014]].
*[[L4E rule 4 (2018)]].


==References==
==References==
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