Code

Description

00

None; no surgery of primary site; autopsy only

No specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 10-15.

10

Local tumor destruction, NOS

11

Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

12

Electrocautery; fulguration

Note: Includes use of hot forceps for tumor destruction.

13

Cryosurgery

14

Laser

15

Stripping

Specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 20-80.

20

Local tumor excision, NOS

26

Polypectomy

27

Excisional biopsy

Any combination of 20 or 26-27 WITH

Clarification: The following codes include local tumor excision, polypectomy or excisional biopsy

21

Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

22

Electrocautery

23

Cryosurgery

24

Laser ablation

25

Laser excision

28

Stripping

30

Partial excision of the primary site, NOS; subtotal/partial laryngectomy NOS; hemilaryngectomy NOS

SEER Note: Vertical laryngectomy - Removal of involved true vocal cord, ipsilateral false vocal cord, intervening ventricle, and/or ipsilateral thyroid and may include removal of the arytenoids.

Supraglottic laryngectomy: Conservative surgery intended to preserve the laryngeal function. Standard procedure involves removal of epiglottis, false vocal cords, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoid cartilages, ventricle, upper one third of thyroid cartilage, and/or thyroid membrane. The true vocal cords and arytenoids remain in place to allow vocalization and deglutition.

31

Vertical laryngectomy

32

Anterior commissure laryngectomy

33

Supraglottic laryngectomy

40

Total or radical laryngectomy, NOS

41

Total laryngectomy only

SEER Note: Radical laryngectomy - Includes removal of adjacent sites. Do not code the removal of adjacent sites in Surgical Procedure of Other Site.

42

Radical laryngectomy only

50

Pharyngolaryngectomy

80

Laryngectomy, NOS

90

Surgery, NOS

99

Unknown if surgery performed; death certificate only