SEER Historical Staging and Coding Manuals

These manuals are historical coding instructions. The files on this page are archived and provided for reference purposes only. See the Reporting Guidelines and Staging Resources for the most recent documents.

On this page:

Coding Manuals
Staging
Extent of Disease
Surgery
Miscellaneous

Title	Date Range
Coding Manuals
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2022 (PDF, 1.7 MB) Appendix A - County Codes (PDF, 325 KB) Appendix B - Country and State Codes (PDF, 467 KB) Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF, 109 KB) Appendix E - Reportable and Non-reportable Examples: PDF (PDF, 173 KB) or Excel (XLSX, 25 KB) Summary of Changes (PDF, 895 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2022
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2021 (PDF, 1.7 MB) Appendix A - County Codes (PDF, 170 KB) Appendix B - Country and State Codes (PDF, 288 KB) Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF, 274 KB) Appendix E - Reportable and Non-reportable Examples: PDF (PDF, 171 KB) or Excel (XLSX, 25 KB) Summary of Changes (PDF, 328 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2021
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2018 (PDF, 1.4 MB) Appendix A - County Codes (PDF, 177 KB) Appendix B - Country and State Codes (PDF, 291 KB) Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF, 130 KB) Appendix E - Reportable and Non-reportable Examples: PDF (PDF, 169 KB) or Excel (XLSX, 24 KB) Final Manual Change Log: PDF (PDF, 197 KB) or Excel (XLSX, 26 KB)	2018-2020
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2018 (Draft) (PDF, 3.1 MB)	N/A - see Final 2018 Manual
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2016 (PDF, 1.5 MB) Section V: Stage of Disease at Diagnosis (PDF, 931 KB) Revised Coding Instructions for 2017 (PDF, 745 KB) Appendix A - County Codes (PDF, 177 KB) Appendix B - Country and State Codes (PDF, 370 KB) Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF, 309 KB) Summary of Changes (PDF, 376 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2016-2017
2007 Multiple Primary and Histology (MP/H) Coding Rules	2007-2017
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2015 (PDF, 1.3 MB) Appendix A - County Codes (PDF, 195 KB) Appendix B - Country and State Codes (PDF, 809 KB) Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF, 719 KB) Summary of Changes (PDF, 204 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2015
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2014 (PDF, 1.1 MB) Appendix A (PDF, 717 KB) - County Codes Appendix B (PDF, 406 KB) - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D (PDF, 749 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Summary of Changes (PDF, 763 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2014
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2013 (PDF, 1.0 MB) Appendix A (PDF, 218 KB) - County Codes Appendix B (PDF, 355 KB) - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D (PDF, 250 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Summary of Changes (PDF, 134 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2013
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2012 (PDF, 973 KB) Appendix A (PDF, 223 KB) - County Codes Appendix B (PDF, 700 KB) - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D (PDF, 246 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Summary of Changes (PDF, 142 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2012
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2011 (PDF, 921 KB) Appendix A (PDF, 227 KB) - County Codes Appendix B (PDF, 676 KB) - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D (PDF, 695 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Summary of Changes (PDF, 63 KB) - provides the list of changes included in this release.	2011
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2010 (PDF, 907 KB) Appendix A (PDF, 698 KB) - County Codes Appendix B (PDF, 143 KB) - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D (PDF, 695 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Revision History	2010
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007 with 2008 Revisions (PDF, 1.7 MB) Appendix A (PDF, 1.1 MB) - County Codes; Appendix B (PDF, 912 KB) - SEER Geo-Codes; Appendix C Site-Specific Coding Modules; Part 1: C00.0 - C14.8 (PDF, 3.5 MB) Part 2: C15.0 - C26.9 (PDF, 4.0 MB) Part 3: C30.0 - C39.9 (PDF, 2.8 MB) Part 4: C40.0 - C49.9 (PDF, 2.1 MB) Part 5: C50.0 - C63.9 (PDF, 5.1 MB) Part 6: C64.9 - C80.9 (PDF, 7.6 MB) Appendix D (PDF, 1017 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics	2007-2009
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004, Revision 1 (PDF, 597 KB) Appendix A (PDF, 103 KB) - County Codes; Appendix B (PDF, 47 KB) - SEER Geo-Codes; Appendix C Site-Specific Coding Modules; Part 1: C00.0 - C26.9 (PDF, 1000 KB) Part 2: C30.0 - C48.8 (PDF, 547 KB) Part 3: C50.0 - C80.9 (PDF, 806 KB) Appendix D (PDF, 62 KB) - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics	2004-2006
SEER Program Code Manual (PDF, 490 KB)(3rd Edition, 1998) (PDF, 490 KB) Appendix A (PDF, 24 KB) - County Codes; Appendix B (PDF, 52 KB) - SEER Geo-Codes for Coding Place of Birth; Appendix C (PDF, 209 KB) - Site-Specific Surgery Codes; Appendix D (PDF, 100 KB) - Two-Digit Site-Specific Surgery Codes (1983-1997); Appendix F (PDF, 283 KB) - SEER Site-Specific Surgery of Primary Site Codes SEER Field and Code Changes for 2003 (PDF, 213 KB) 2003 Replacement Pages for SEER Treatment Codes (PDF, 254 KB)	1998-2003
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised edition 1992) (PDF, 8.1 MB)	1992-1997
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised 1990) (PDF, 1.8 MB) - document contains only pages with changes.	1990-1991
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised 1989) (PDF, 8.0 MB)	1989
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (PDF, 5.4 MB)	1988
Code Manual (1984 revision) (PDF, 3.0 MB)	1983-1987
Code Manual 1979 (PDF, 3.3 MB)	1979-1982
SEER Code Manual 1976 (PDF, 2.7 MB)	1976-1978
End Results Group 1967 Code Manual (PDF, 9.1 MB)	1967-1972
Staging
PSA Lab Value (Prostate CS SSF 1) Coding Guidelines (PDF) (PDF) from the Cancer Registry of Greater California (Revised 10/21/2015).	2004-2017
FOR REFERENCE ONLY; DO NOT USE TO CODE PAST CASES Summary Stage 2018 Manual Published 2018 (PDF, 2.8 MB) Published 2019 (PDF, 4.9 MB) Published 2020 (PDF, 3.3 MB) Use the current version to code 2018+ cases	2018+; use current manual to code cases
Summary Staging Manual 2000	2001-2017
Comparative Staging Guide version 1.1 (compares to TNM 3rd edition) (PDF, 3.1 MB)	1993-2000
Summary Staging Guide April 1977 (PDF, 4.2 MB)	1977-2000
Extent of Disease (EOD)
FOR REFERENCE ONLY; DO NOT USE TO CODE PAST CASES SEER Extent of Disease 2018 General Instructions Published 2018 (PDF, 367 KB) Published 2019 (PDF, 349 KB) Published 2020 (PDF, 490 KB) Use the current version to code 2018+ cases	2018+; use current manual to code cases
SEER Extent of Disease 1988, Codes and Coding Instructions (3rd Edition, 1998) (PDF, 659 KB) Prostate Clinical Extension Codes for 1994 only (PDF, 6 KB) - these extension codes were only used for cases diagnosed in 1994. Prostate Clinical and Pathological Extension codes for 1995-1997 (PDF, 17 KB) - these extension codes were only used for cases diagnosed 1995-1997. SEER Lymph Node Fields (PDF, 748 KB) - review of lymph node surgery and EOD data items and the regional lymph nodes for major cancer sites.	1988-2003
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (second edition) (PDF, 5.4 MB)	1992-1997
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (revised 1990) (PDF, 5.4 MB)	1990-1991
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (revised 1989) (PDF, 5.1 MB)	1989
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (PDF, 4.6 MB)	1988
Extent of Disease new 4-digit schemes 1984 (PDF, 2.4 MB)	1984
Extent of Disease new 4-digit schemes 1983 (PDF, 2.4 MB)	1983
Extent of Disease Codes and Coding Instructions April 1977 (PDF, 5.1 MB)	1977-1982
Surgery
Site-Specific Surgery Codes (PDF, 510 KB)	1983-1987
Diagnostic Procedures April 1977 (PDF, 498 KB)	1977-1987
Miscellaneous
Coding Complex Morphologic Diagnoses (PDF, 168 KB)	2001-2006
SEER Self Instructional Manuals for Cancer Registrars
Quality Control for Cancer Registries (PDF, 9.0 MB)	1985-current
Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Disease 10/01/2006 Errata #2 for ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes (PDF, 69 KB) 10/01/2005 Treatment Errata (PDF, 96 KB)
ICD-O-3 Hematopoietic Primaries Table (PDF, 35 KB)	2001-2009
Geocoding for Place of Birth April 1977 (PDF, 938 KB)	1977-1987
Abstracting Instructions Extent of Disease and Diagnostic Procedures April 1977 (PDF, 1.6 MB)	1977-1987
Codes for Primary Site and Histologic Type October 1975 (PDF, 4.7 MB)	1973-1976
Informational Guidebook Training Aids 1975 (PDF, 6.1 MB) (reference only; not a code manual)	1975

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