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References:

#1: SEER Program Code Man, 3rd Ed, 133. revised 5/1/03

#2: 2004 SEER Manual, 182

Question:

Reason No Cancer-Directed Surgery--Hematopoietic, NOS: Is this field always coded to 1 [not performed, not part of first course] for leukemias & other hematopoietic diseases?

Discussion:

Answer:

For cases diagnosed 2003 and later: For sites where "Surgery of the primary site" is coded 00 or 98 (hematopoietic included), Reason for No Surgery of Primary Site should be coded as 1 [Surgery of the primary site not performed because it was not part of the planned first course of treatment]. On rare occasions, there may be surgery to the primary site for a hematopoietic disease, such as an excisional biopsy of a myeloid sarcoma. Refer to the "Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Diseases" for cell-type-specific treatment information.

Cancer Site Category:

N/A

Data Item Category:

Reason no treatment

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2003