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Question 20051064
Inquiry Details
References:
2004 SEER Manual, 169
Question:
Cancer-Directed Treatment/Surgery of Primary Site--Anus: Is "infrared coagulation" coded as surgery or "other" treatment for anal canal primaries?
Discussion:
Answer:
Do not code infrared coagulation -- it is not treatment for cancer.
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
First course treatment, Surgery of Primary Site
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2005
