Description
A code that indicates the edition of the AJCC manual used to stage the case. This applies to the manually coded AJCC fields. It does not apply to the Derived AJCC T, N, M and AJCC Stage Group fields [2940, 2960, 2980, and 3000].
Rationale
TNM codes have changed over time and conversion is not always simple. Therefore, a case-specific indicator is needed to allow grouping of cases for comparison.
Codes
00 |
Not staged (cases that have AJCC staging scheme and staging was not done) |
01 |
First Edition |
02 |
Second Edition (published 1983) |
03 |
Third Edition (published 1988) |
04 |
Fourth Edition (published 1992), recommended for use for cases diagnosed 1993-1997 |
05 |
Fifth Edition (published 1997), recommended for use for cases diagnosed 1998-2002 |
06 |
Sixth Edition (published 2002), recommended for use for cases diagnosed 2003-2009 |
07 |
Seventh Edition (published 2009), recommended for use with cases diagnosed 2010+ |
88 |
Not applicable (cases that do not have an AJCC staging scheme) |
99 |
Edition Unknown |