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Question 20031105
Inquiry Details
References:
2004 SEER Manual, C-429, C-439, C-447,. C-697
Question:
Surgery of Primary Site--Skin: How should this field be coded for a re-excision or wide excision of a skin primary when the margins are NOS?
Discussion:
Answer:
For cases diagnosed 2003 and later:
Assign surgery codes 45, 46 and 47 only when the margins are documented to be more than 1cm. Use the most appropriate code from 30-36 if re-excision or wide excision followed a biopsy. Use a code from the 20's series if the procedure is called a "biopsy."
Cancer Site Category:
Skin
Data Item Category:
Surgery of Primary Site
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2003
