California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals

II.1.9.4 Sequence Number for Benign/Borderline Brain and CNS Tumors

January 1, 2001 and Forward

A primary non-malignant tumor of any of the sites specified on or after January 1, 2001 is reportable.

The sequence number for the tumor is in the range 60-87.

The sequencing of non-malignant tumors does not effect the sequencing of malignant tumors and vice versa.

A malignancy (sequence 00) will remain 00 if followed by a non-malignant tumor (sequence 60-87).

Example

First tumor, benign meningioma, sequence 60.

Second tumor, astrocytoma, sequence 00.

 

 

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