Code

Description

00

None; no surgery of primary site; autopsy only

No specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 10-17.

1/2008: Chemoembolization should only be coded in the Chemotherapy field. Do not code this in the surgery fields.

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

Alcohol (Percutaneous Ethanol Injection-PEI)

SEER Note: Alcohol (Percutaneous Ethanol Injection-PEI) can also be described as an “intratumoral injection of alcohol” or “alcohol ablation."

16

Heat-Radio-frequency ablation (RFA)

17

Other (ultrasound, acetic acid)

Specimen sent to pathology from surgical events 20-75.

20

Wedge or segmental resection, NOS

21

Wedge resection

22

Segmental resection, NOS

SEER Note: Codes 23-25 mean one, two or three wedges or segments of the liver were removed.

23

One

24

Two

25

Three

26

Segmental resection and local tumor destruction

30

Lobectomy, NOS

SEER Note: Code 30 also referred to as simple lobectomy.

36

Right lobectomy

37

Left lobectomy

38

Lobectomy and local tumor destruction

50

Extended lobectomy, NOS (extended: resection of a single lobe plus a segment of another lobe)

51

Right lobectomy

52

Left lobectomy

59

Extended lobectomy and local tumor destruction

60

Hepatectomy, NOS

61

Total hepatectomy and transplant

65

Excision of a bile duct (for an intra-hepatic bile duct primary only)

66

Excision of an intrahepatic bile duct plus partial hepatectomy

75

Extrahepatic bile duct and hepatectomy with transplant

90

Surgery, NOS

99

Unknown if surgery performed; death certificate only