California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures
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For invasive cancers, dilation and curettage is coded as an incisional biopsy (02) under the data item Non-Cancer-Directed Surgery.
Code |
Description |
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00 |
None; no cancer-directed surgery of primary site |
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10 |
Local tumor destruction, NOS Note: Without pathology specimen. |
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11 |
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) |
12 |
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Electrocautery; fulguration Note: Includes use of hot forceps for tumor destruction. |
13 |
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Cryosurgery |
14 |
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Laser |
15 |
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LEEP Note: No specimen sent to pathology from this surgical event. |
20 |
Local tumor destruction or excision, NOS Note: with pathology specimen. |
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21 |
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Electrocautery |
22 |
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Cryosurgery |
23 |
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Laser |
24 |
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Cone biopsy with gross excision of lesion |
25 |
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Dilatation and curettage; endocervical curettage Note: Cancer-directed for in situ only. |
26 |
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Excisional biopsy, NOS |
27 |
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Cone biopsy |
28 |
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LEEP |
29 |
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Trachelectomy; removal of cervical stump; cervicectomy (Specimen sent to pathology from this surgical event.) |
30 |
Total hysterectomy (simple, pan ) without removal of tubes and ovaries Note: Total hysterectomy removes both the corpus and cervix uteri and may also include a portion of vaginal cuff. |
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40 |
Total hysterectomy (simple, pan ) with removal of tubes or ovary Note: Total hysterectomy removes both the corpus and cervix uteri and may also include a portion of vaginal cuff. |
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50 |
Modified radical or extended hysterectomy; radical hysterectomy; extended radical hysterectomy |
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51 |
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Modified radical hysterectomy |
52 |
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Extended hysterectomy |
53 |
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Radical hysterectomy; Wertheim's procedure |
54 |
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Extended radical hysterectomy |
60 |
Hysterectomy, NOS, With or Without removal of tubes and ovaries |
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61 |
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Without removal of tubes and ovaries |
62 |
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With removal of tubes and ovaries |
70 |
Pelvic exenteration |
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71 |
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Anterior exenteration Note: Includes bladder, distal ureters, and genital organs with their ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes. The removal of pelvic lymph nodes is also coded under the data item Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s), or Distant Lymph Node(s). |
72 |
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Posterior exenteration Note: Includes rectum and rectosigmoid with ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes. The removal of pelvic lymph nodes is also coded under the data item Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s), or Distant Lymph Node(s). |
73 |
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Total exenteration Note: Includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic lymph nodes. The removal of pelvic lymph nodes is also coded under the data item Surgery of Other Regional Site(s), Distant Site(s), or Distant Lymph Node(s). |
74 |
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Extended exenteration Note: Includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis. |
90 |
Surgery, NOS |
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99 |
Unknown if cancer-directed surgery performed; death certificate only |
Code |
Description |
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0 |
All margins grossly and microscopically negative |
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1 |
Margins involved, NOS |
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2 |
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Microscopic involvement |
5 |
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Macroscopic involvement |
7 |
Margins not documented |
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8 |
No cancer-directed surgery of primary site |
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9 |
Unknown whether margins were involved or negative; death certificate only |
The regional lymph nodes are:
Code |
Description |
0 |
No regional lymph nodes removed |
1 |
Regional lymph nodes removed, NOS |
9 |
Unknown; not stated; death certificate only |
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Do not code the incidental removal of an appendix. Do not code an omentectomy if it was the only surgery performed in addition to hysterectomy. Incidental removal is when an organ is removed for a reason unrelated to the malignancy.
Code |
Description |
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0 |
None; no surgery to other regional or distant sites |
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1 |
Surgery to other sites or nodes, NOS; unknown if regional or distant |
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2 |
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Other regional sites |
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3 |
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Distant lymph nodes, NOS |
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4 |
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Periaortic lymph nodes |
5 |
Distant sites |
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6 |
Combinations of 5 with 4 |
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7 |
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Combination of 5 with 2 or 3 |
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9 |
Unknown; not stated; death certificate only |
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