SEER Inquiry System - Report
Produced: 11/04/2025 6:33 PM
Question 20031071
Inquiry Details
References:
SEER EOD-88, 3rd Ed, 168-169
Question:
Discussion:
In the past SEER has advised coding these cases to extension 60. However, SS2000 states to code these cases to distant.
1. Primary in the cerebrum, hypothalamic region, with drop mets to spinal cord.
2. Primary in the cerebellum with spinal cord drop mets.
3. Primary in the fourth ventricle, with drop mets along the spinal cord.
Answer:
For cases diagnosed 1998-2003: Assign extension code 85 [Metastasis] for drop metastases and/or seeding of the spinal cord from a brain primary.
Assign code 85 to each of the three cases above.
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