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References:

#1: SEER Program Code Man,3rd Ed, 119

#2: 2004 SEER Manual, 172

Question:

Radiation: Is "consolidated" radiation therapy coded as part of first course therapy when there is no documentation of "planned treatment" and the radiation is done 4 months after the initiation of treatment?

Discussion:

Answer:

Yes, "consolidation" treatment is part of a planned treatment regimen. A treatment regimen may consist of the four following phases:

1. Induction (remission induction)

2. CNS preventive therapy

3. Consolidation/intensification

4. Maintenance

Cancer Site Category:

N/A

Data Item Category:

Radiation Therapy

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2000