California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

SITE-RECODE-SEER

IDENTIFIERS

None: In Eureka, this field is generated when necessary and is not stored in the database.

DESCRIPTION

Site group used for statistical reporting according to SEER's standards. Separates leukemias and lymphomas from site-specific cancers.

LEVELS

Tumor

LENGTH

5

ALLOWABLE VALUES

Codes
99999 Unknown
  http://seer.cancer.gov/siterecode

SOURCE

Computer generate using TU_Site and TU_Hist_Type_3 (see Appendix #3).

UPDATE

Regenerate if either TU_Site or TU_Hist_Type_3 change.

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

None

HISTORICAL CHANGES

1/1/99 Received new version of subprogram from SEER; regenerated in all tumors.
7/6/01 Changed HIST-TYPE references to HIST-TYPE-3.
3/26/03

In Eureka, this field is generated when necessary and is not stored in the database. Allowable values edit #385 is removed. Appendix now refers to the SEER website. For these values, see the SEER website at http://seer.cancer.gov/siterecode.