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SEER Coding and Staging Manuals

SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2011
Released September 27, 2011

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The 2011 manual is to be used for cases diagnosed January 1, 2011 and forward.

Summary of Changes (PDF) provides the list of changes included in this release.

• SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2011 (PDF - 167 pages)
• Appendix A - County Codes (PDF - 13 pages)
• Appendix B - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes (PDF - 17 pages)
• Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules
• Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF - 30 pages)

Other Manuals

• Collaborative Stage Data Collection System
  • CSv2 Coding Instructions (includes SEER Required SSFs for 2010)
• SEER Summary Staging Manual - 2000
• Historical Staging and Coding Manuals
• Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Disease
  • 10/01/2006 Errata #2 for ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes (PDF)
  • 10/01/2005 Treatment Errata (PDF)

Note: The 2010, 2007, and 2004 Program Coding and Staging Manuals are available for download from the Historical Staging and Coding Manuals page. The 2007 and 2004 manuals are available for order on CD-ROM.

See the SEER Research Data pages to find out how to access the SEER data.