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Appendix C brings together the site-specific instructions needed to abstract a case, facilitating efficiency and accuracy. The site-specific coding modules include SEER Coding Guidelines, Extent of Disease, and Surgery of Primary Site codes.1

General instructions in the main manual are applicable in the absence of site-specific instructions. All modules include the extent of disease and surgery codes, and solid tumor coding rules. Some modules include site-specific coding guidelines. Additional site-specific coding instructions are found in SEER*RSA, the SSDI manualExternal Web Site Policy (PDF), and the Grade manualExternal Web Site Policy (PDF).

1The surgery codes are based on the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer's Facility Oncology Registry Data System, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 60611-321 (FORDS), Revised for 2013, Appendix B: Site-specific Surgery Codes. The surgery codes in this document are identical to the FORDS manual; only formatting and annotations may vary. The SEER Notes that appear in the Surgery Code sections contain information or instructions not found in FORDS or that are different from FORDS.

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