VI.3.2 Radiation Therapy Summary Codes

Coding Instructions:

• Radiation - Regional RX Modality and Radiation - Boost RX Modality, are required to code first course radiation therapy.

• Radiation to the brain and CNS for lung and leukemia cases is to be coded in the Radiation – Regional RX Modality and Radiation – Boost RX Modality fields.  

• The field "Radiation Therapy at this Hospital" is no longer required by the CCR.

• These instructions apply to cases diagnosed January 1, 2003 and forward.

• For additional information regarding Radioactive Implants, see V.3.1.2.

Note: CCR does not include codes 7 and 8 in our instructions. We collect this information in the Reason for No Radiation Field.  The CoC discontinued collection of this item in 2003 when FORDS was implemented. For CoC, codes 7 and 8 were used for tumors diagnosed before 1996, but should have been converted to 0 in this field and to the appropriate code in the new field Reason for No Radiation [1430]. SEER continues to use codes 7 and 8 for all years. See Chapter V, Unresolved Issues, for further discussion.  

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