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#1: SEER Program Code Man, 3rd Ed, 140. January 1998

#2: Hem Abstract & Coding Guide, IV, 48. May 2002, NCI/SEER

Other Cancer-Directed Therapy--Hematopoietic, NOS: How is this field coded when transfusions are used to treat acute leukemia or thrombocythemia?

Transfusions are NOT recorded as treatment for acute leukemia or thrombocythemia. .

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Transfusions are NOT recorded as treatment for acute leukemia.

For thrombocythemia, code transfusion under Other Cancer-Directed Therapy. Assign code 1 [Other cancer-directed therapy].

Transfusions include whole blood, RBCs, platelets, plateletpheresis, fresh frozen plasma, plasmapheresis and cryoprecipitate.

N/A

Other therapy

N/A

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