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Unit One: Introduction

• What is Collaborative Stage?
• Review of Staging Systems: TNM, EOD, SEER Summary Stage
• Background: Meeting a Data Collection Need
• The Collaborative Staging Data Set Structure
• Unit Review & Quiz

Unit Two: Collaborative Staging

• General Guidelines for CS
• Evaluation Fields of CS
• Coding the T, N, and M Equivalent in Collaborative Staging
  • Coding T Equivalent
    • Coding CS Tumor Size
    • Coding CS Tumor Extension
    • Coding CS Tumor Size/Extension Evaluation
  • Coding N Equivalent
    • Coding Regional Nodes Positive
    • Coding Regional Nodes Examined
    • Coding Regional Nodes Evaluation
  • Coding M Equivalent
    • Coding CS Metastasis Evaluation
  • Coding Site Specific Factors
• Unit Review and Quiz

Unit Three: Coding Practice

• Introduction to Coding Practice
  • Case One: Colon Cancer Case
  • Case Two: Breast Cancer Case
  • Case Three: Melanoma Case
  • Case Four: Lung Cancer Case
  • Case Five: Prostate Cancer Case

Unit Four: Additional Information about Collaborative Staging

• Coding None versus Unknown in the Collaborative Staging System
• Histology Specific Coding Schemes
• Primary Sites and Their Relationship to Tumor Size or Tumor Extension
• The Collaborative Staging System Computer Algorithm to Derive Stage - How Does it Work?