Treatment (Set 1)

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(Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004, pgs 169-201 and Appendix C for Surgery of Primary Site codes; FORDS Manual, pgs 129-191 and Appendix B for Surgery of Primary Site codes.)

Date Therapy Initiated / /	Code: 07/11/XX The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was excision of right cervical lymph nodes. Enter the date of lymph node biopsy (excisional biopsy or biopsy NOS) as the Date Therapy Initiated for a lymphoma when biopsy is the first or only therapy performed. Reference: SEER Inquiry System, Question ID 20051034.

Date Therapy Initiated

Code: 07/11/XX

The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was excision of right cervical lymph nodes. Enter the date of lymph node biopsy (excisional biopsy or biopsy NOS) as the Date Therapy Initiated for a lymphoma when biopsy is the first or only therapy performed. Reference: SEER Inquiry System, Question ID 20051034.

Surgery of Primary Site	Code: 25 Local tumor excision, NOS (Less than a full lymph node chain; includes a lymph node biopsy)

Surgery of Primary Site

Code: 25

Local tumor excision, NOS (Less than a full lymph node chain; includes a lymph node biopsy)

Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site. For lymphoma, do not code a fine needle aspiration or core needle biopsy of a lymph node in Surgery of Primary Site. Reference: SEER Inquiry System, Question ID 20051034.

Scope of Regional LN Surgery	Code: 9 Not applicable. Assign code 9 for lymphoma with primary site in lymph nodes (C77.0-C77.9) and one of the following histologies: 9590-9596 or 9650-9719 or 9727-9729. Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004, pg. 180.

Scope of Regional LN Surgery

Code: 9

Not applicable. Assign code 9 for lymphoma with primary site in lymph nodes (C77.0-C77.9) and one of the following histologies: 9590-9596 or 9650-9719 or 9727-9729. Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004, pg. 180.

Surgical Procedure of Other Site	Code: 0 None.

Surgical Procedure of Other Site

Code: 0

None.

Reason for No Surgery of Primary Site	Code: 0 Surgery of the primary site was performed (excision of right cervical lymph nodes)

Reason for No Surgery of Primary Site

Code: 0

Surgery of the primary site was performed (excision of right cervical lymph nodes)