SEER ICD-O-3 Coding Materials

ICD-O-3 Guidelines

The revised 2018 Guidelines for ICD-O-3 Histology Code and Behavior Update for cases diagnosed 1/1/2018 forward are now available on the NAACCR website. The update includes links to tables listing new codes and other changes and is available in two formats: PDF and Excel. Also available are the 2018 ICD-O-3 Update Guidelines and 1/10/2018 Errata/Change document.

The NAACCR ICD-O-3 Implementation Work Group highly recommends all users read the guidelines which contain important coding information related to the 2018 update.

ICD-O-3 SEER Site/Histology Validation List

This site/type list is provided in both PDF and Excel formats:

ICD-O-3 SEER Site/Histology Validation List (03/26/2018): PDF (PDF, 658 KB) or Excel (XLS, 1.3 MB)
Errata for 03/26/2018 List (PDF, 11 KB)
Errata for 01/17/2018 List (PDF, 41 KB)

Note: The Site/Histology List is not intended to be used for case finding or to determine reportability.

Refer to the ICD-O-3 Archive Icon indicating linked file is archived content. for older reference documents.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC ) provides an electronic version of ICD-O-3 on their website. However, the IARC versions are not identical to the versions used in the U.S. See the ICD-O-3 errata on this website and the NAACCR ICD-O-3 implementation guidelines for U.S. instructions.