VI.8.1 Other Therapy Codes

This field captures other therapy administered to the patient as first course treatment.

Enter the appropriate code below for other therapy administered to the patient.
Use codes 0-7 for recording other therapy in the at this facility field.
For recording therapy at this facility, do not use code 9 if Class of Case is coded to 00, 30, or 31.
Referral to a specialist is considered a recommendation. Follow-up on these cases is required to determine whether treatment was administered or not, and code accordingly. This applies to cases diagnosed January 1, 2010 and forward.

Code	Description
0	No other cancer directed therapy except as coded elsewhere. Diagnosed at autopsy.
1	Other cancer directed therapy Examples: Embolization using alcohol as an embolizing agent Embolization to a site other than the liver where the embolizing agent is unknown PUVA (psoralen and long-wave ultraviolet radiation) treatments for melanoma Photophoresis. This treatment is used only for thin melanoma or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides)
2	Other experimental cancer directed therapy (not included elsewhere)
3	Double blind clinical trial, code not yet broken
6	Unproven therapy Cancer therapy administered by nonmedical personnel
7	Patient or patient's guardian refused therapy which would have been coded 1–3 above
8	Other cancer directed therapy recommended, unknown if administered
9	Unknown if other therapy recommended or administered. Death certificate only