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References:

#1: CS Manual, Part I, 27. Vers 1.0, Jan. 1, 2004

#2: CS Manual, Part II, 458. Vers. 1.0, Jan. 1, 2004

Question:

CS Tumor Size--Breast: When the diagnosis is inflammatory carcinoma of the breast, must the CS tumor size always be 998? See Discussion.

Discussion:

I have no specific example of a situation; I am writing an edit check and wondering if there would be any exceptions to this rule.

Answer:

This answer was provided in the context of CSv1 coding guidelines. The response may not be used after your registry database has been converted to CSv2.No. For inflammatory carcinoma, code the size of the tumor in CS tumor size. Use code 998 [diffuse] when the tumor is stated to be "diffuse."

Page 27 in Part I of the CS manual will be corrected to define code 998 for breast as only "diffuse." The errata should be distributed in July 2004.

Cancer Site Category:

Breast

Data Item Category:

N/A

Other Category:

N/A

Year:

2004