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Question 20031203
Inquiry Details
References:
#1: SEER App F, 2003+ Surg Codes, F-21. January 2003
#2: 2004 SEER Manual, C-429, C-441, C-449
Question:
Surgery of Primary Site--Skin: Should this field be coded to 45 [wide excision or reexcision of lesion or minor (local) amputation with margins more than 1 cm, NOS], 46 [with margins between 1 and 2 cm], or 47 [with margins greater than 2 cm] for a skin primary diagnosed in 2003 when margins are stated exactly as 2 cm?
Discussion:
Answer:
Use code 46 [Wide excision...with margins more than 1 cm and less than 2 cm] when margins are exactly 2 cm.
Cancer Site Category:
Skin
Data Item Category:
Surgery of Primary Site
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2003
