Alternate Name | Item # | Length | Source of Standard | Column # |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sequence Number (CoC) |
560 | 2 | CoC | 740 - 741 |
In situ/Malignant Tumors: | |
00 | One malignant primary only in the patient's lifetime |
01 | First of two or more malignant primaries |
02 | Second of two or more malignant primaries |
.. | (Actual number of this malignant primary) |
59 | Fifty-ninth or higher of fifty-nine or more malignant primaries |
99 | Unspecified sequence number of a primary malignant tumor or unknown. When a patient has multiple tumors with unspecified/unknown sequence numbers code 99 should only be used once.) |
Nonmalignant Tumors: | |
60 | Only one non-malignant tumor in the patient's lifetime |
61 | First of two or more non-malignant tumors |
62 | Second of two or more non-malignant tumors |
... | |
88 | Unspecified number of non-malignant tumors (When a patient has multiple unspecified neoplasms in this category code 88 should only be used once.) |
The table that follows shows which sequence number series to use by type of neoplasm .
Neoplasm |
SeqNum-Hospital |
In situ/Malignant |
(code range) |
One in situ (behavior code = 2) or malignant (behavior code =3) primary tumor only in the patient’s lifetime |
00 |
First of multiple in situ or malignant primary tumors in the patient’s lifetime |
01 |
Actual sequence of two or more in situ or malignant primary tumors |
02 -- 59 |
Unspecified malignant sequence number or unknown |
99 |
Non-Malignant |
|
One benign (behavior code = 0) or borderline (behavior code = 1) primary tumor only in the patient’s lifetime |
60 |
First of two or more benign or borderline primary tumors in the patient’s lifetime |
61 |
Actual sequence of two or more non-malignant primary tumors |
62 -- 87 |
Unspecified non-malignant sequence number or unknown |
88 |