California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
Not all skin cancers are reportable. Use the following instructions to help determine reportability of skin cancers.
NOT REPORTABLE
Basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin are not reportable. Specifically, do not report the following histologies occurring in the skin (site codes C44.0-C44.9):
8000-8005 Neoplasms, malignant, NOS, of the skin
8010-8046 Epithelial carcinomas of the skin
8050-8084 Papillary and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin
8090-8110 Basal cell carcinomas of the skin
REPORTABLE
Genitalia: Report all carcinomas of the external genital organs, including the vulva, scrotum, and penis (ICD-O-3 site codes C51.9, C63.2, and C60.9).
ACoS Requirements: Hospitals may include other sites to comply with the requirements of the American College of Surgeons or the facility's cancer committee. However, these should not be reported to the registry.
All other malignant tumors must be reported regardless of site. Such as:
Adnexal carcinomas (e.g., carcinomas of the sweat gland, sebaceous gland, ceruminous gland, and hair follicle)
Adenocarcinomas
Lymphomas
Melanomas
Sarcomas
Merkel cell tumor
Any carcinoma arising in a hemorrhoid is reportable since hemorrhoids arise in the mucosa, not in the skin.
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