Code

Description

00

None; no surgery of primary site; autopsy only

No specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 10-17.

1/2008: Chemoembolization should only be coded in the Chemotherapy field. Do not code this in the surgery fields.

10

Local tumor destruction, NOS

11

Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

12

Electrocautery; fulguration

Note: Includes use of hot forceps for tumor destruction.

13

Cryosurgery

14

Laser

15

Alcohol (Percutaneous Ethanol Injection-PEI)

16

Heat-Radio-frequency ablation (RFA)

17

Other (ultrasound, acetic acid)

Specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 20-75.

20

Wedge or segmental resection, NOS

21

Wedge resection

22

Segmental resection, NOS

23

One

24

Two

25

Three

26

Segmental resection and local tumor destruction

30

Lobectomy, [simple or] NOS

36

Right lobectomy

37

Left lobectomy

38

Lobectomy and local tumor destruction

50

Extended lobectomy, NOS (extended: resection of a single lobe plus a segment of another lobe)

51

Right lobectomy

52

Left lobectomy

59

Extended lobectomy and local tumor destruction

60

Hepatectomy, NOS [formerly SEER code 80]

61

Total hepatectomy and transplant [formerly SEER code 70]

65

Excision of a bile duct (for an intra-hepatic bile duct primary only) [formerly SEER code 40]

66

Excision of an intrahepatic bile duct plus partial hepatectomy

75

Extrahepatic bile duct and hepatectomy with transplant

90

Surgery, NOS

99

Unknown if surgery performed; death certificate only