SEER Inquiry System - Report
Produced: 10/15/2025 10:14 AM
Question 20051092
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References:
2004 SEER Manual, 130-131
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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.
Code what is known. In the example above, the tumor size and the extension are known and can be coded. The information is limited, but not completely missing.
Code what you DO know rather than coding nothing. Any metastases from the kidney would have been discovered during the workup of the rectal cancer.