Scientific Data Documentation
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), 1973-1989
DSN: CC36.SEER.Y7389
ABSTRACT
General Information
RECODED SEER PUBLIC ACCESS RECORD DESCRIPTION CASES DIAGNOSED IN 1973-89 USER FILE
Submission: August 1991
Follow-up Cutoff Date: December 31, 1989
Documentation Version: October 1992
Historic stage not available for 1988+ cases
Introduction to the SEER Program
The National Cancer Act of 1971 mandated the collection, analysis, and
dissemination of all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of cancer. The act resulted in the establishment of the National Cancer
Program under which the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
Program was developed. A continuing project of the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), the SEER Program collects cancer data on a routine basis from desig-
nated population-based cancer registries in various areas of the country.
Trends in cancer incidence, mortality, and patient survival in the United
States, as well as many other studies, are derived from this data bank.
The geographic areas comprising the SEER Program's data base represent
an estimated 9.6% of the United States population. By the end of 1988, the
data base contained information on 1.5 million cases diagnosed since 1973;
approximately 120,000 new cases are accessed yearly.
Goals of the SEER Program
Assembling and reporting, on a periodic basis, estimates of cancer inci-
dence and mortality in the United States.
Monitoring annual cancer incidence trends to identify unusual changes in
specific forms of cancer occurring in population subgroups defined by geo-
graphic, demographic, and social characteristics.
Providing continuing information on changes over time in the extent of
disease at diagnosis, trends in therapy, and associated changes in patient
survival.
Promoting studies designed to identify factors amenable to cancer control
interventions, such as: a) environmental, occupational, socioeconomic,
dietary, and health-related exposures; b) screening practices, early detec-
tion and treatment; and c) determinants of the length and quality of patient
survival.
BACKGROUND
A sequel to two earlier NCI programs -The End Results Program and the Third
National Cancer Survey- the SEER Program was initiated in several geographic
areas of the United States and its territories with case ascertainment
beginning with January 1, 1973 diagnoses. The initial SEER reporting areas
were the states of Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii and the
metropolitan areas of Detroit, Michigan, San Francisco-Oakland, California
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
In 1974-1975, the program was expanded to include the metropolitan area
of New Orleans, Louisiana, the thirteen-county Seattle-Puget Sound area in
the State of Washington and the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. New
Orleans left the program at the end of the 1977 data collection year. In
1978 ten predominantly black rural counties in Georgia were added. American
Indians residing in Arizona were added in 1980. In 1983, four counties of
New Jersey were added with coverage retrospective to 1979. New Jersey and
Puerto Rico participated in the program until the end of the 1989 reporting
year.
Areas were selected primarily for their ability to operate and maintain
a population-based cancer reporting system, and for their epidemiologically
significant population subgroups. With respect to selected demographic and
epidemiologic factors, they provide a reasonably representative subset of
the United States population. Puerto Rico was selected as a participant to
monitor cancer incidence in an industrially developing area with overall low
cancer risk.
METHODOLOGY
Participant Reporting Area (State or Counties)
Connecticut Entire State
Detroit, MI Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne
Iowa Entire State
New Mexico Entire State plus American
Indians in Arizona
Utah Entire State
San Francisco-Oakland, CA Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
San Francisco, and San Mateo
Hawaii Entire State
Seattle-Puget Sound, WA Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island,
Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason,
Pierce, San Juan, Skagit,
Snohomish, Whatcom, and Thurston
Atlanta, GA Atlanta Area Metropolitan
Counties: Clayton, Cobb,
DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett
Rural Counties: Glascock,
Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jeffer-
son, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro,
Warren, and Washington
Incidence and Survival Data
The SEER Program is conducted under contract with nonprofit, medically
oriented organizations having statutory responsibility for registering
diagnoses of cancer among residents of their respective geographical coverage
areas. Each contractor:
Maintains a cancer information reporting system.
Abstracts records for resident cancer patients seen in every hospital in
and outside the coverage area.
Abstracts all death certificates on which cancer is listed as a cause of
death for residents dying in and outside the coverage area.
Searches records of private laboratories, radiotherapy units, nursing
homes and other health services units which provide diagnostic services to
ensure complete ascertainment of cases.
Registers all in situ and malignant neoplasms with the exception of
certain histologies for cancer of the skin.
Records data on all newly diagnosed cancers, including selected patient
demographics, primary site, morphology, diagnostic confirmation, extent of
disease, and first course of cancer-directed therapy.
Provides active follow-up on all living patients except those with in situ
cancer of the cervix uteri.
Maintains confidentiality of patient records.
Submits a computer tape to NCI twice each year containing data on all
reportable diagnoses of cancer in residents of the coverage area.
NCI Quality Control Program
Quality of the data submitted to the NCI is verified by the use of compu-
ter edit procedures both at NCI and at each registry. These procedures
identify duplicate records, invalid codes, impossible sex/site combinations,
etc., for correction by the registry staff. During quality control visits
to the registries, studies of the completeness and accuracy of reporting are
carried out: workshops and training programs are conducted at the registries
as needed. The NCI staff is assisted in this effort by a contract with the
University of California at San Francisco.
Other Data Sources
Calculation of cancer incidence and mortality rates requires that data be
obtained from sources other than SEER registries. A tape containing infor-
mation on all deaths occurring in the United States by calendar year is ob-
tained annually from the National Center for Health Statistics. Information
on each death includes age at death, sex, geographic area of residence and
cause of death.
Census year population data by age, sex, racial/ethnic subgroups, and
geographic area, down to the census tract level, are obtained from the Census
Bureau which also provides intercensal estimates for whites, non-whites, and
all races combined. Intercensal estimates, by calendar year, for specific
racial/ethnic subgroups are estimated by NCI staff by combining information
from census and intercensal years. Additional data on these subgroups are
provided by SEER registries having sizeable representations of one or more of
these groups in their coverage areas.
RECORD LAYOUT
ITEM NAME ITEM # POSITIONS LENGTH
SEER Participant 01 01-02 2
Case Number 02 03-10 8
Record Number 03 11-12 2
Type of Reporting Source 04 13-13 1
County of Residence at Diagnosis 05 14-16 3
Place of Birth 06 17-19 3
Year of Birth 07 20-23 4
Age at Diagnosis 08 24-26 3
Race 09 27-28 2
Spanish Origin 10 29-29 1
Sex 11 30-30 1
Marital Status at Diagnosis 12 31-31 1
Sequence Number 13 32-33 2
Date of Diagnosis 14 34-39 6
Primary Site 15 40-42 3
Laterality 16 43-43 1
Morphology 17 44-49 6
Diagnostic Confirmation 18 50-50 1
Site-specific Surgery 19 51-52 2
Reason No Cancer-directed Surgery 20 53-53 1
Vital Status 21 54-54 1
ICD Code Used for Cause of Death 22 55-55 1
Cause of Death 23 56-59 4
Site Recode 24 59-64 5
Race Recode 25 65-65 1
Age Recode 26 66-67 2
Historic Stage 27 68-68 1
Survival Time 28 69-72 4
ICD-9 Diagnosis 29 73-76 4
Radiation 30 77 1
Radiation to brain/CNS 31 78 1
Radiation sequence with surg 32 79 1
FIELD DESCRIPTIONS
01 SEER Participant
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 01 SEER Participant
LENGTH: 2
FIELD 01 San Francisco-Oakland SMSA (1973)
DESCRIPTION: 02 Connecticut (1973)
20 Metropolitan Detroit (1973)
21 Hawaii (1973)
22 Iowa (1973)
23 New Mexico (1973)
25 Seattle (Puget Sound) (1974)
26 Utah (1973)
27 Metropolitan Atlanta (1975)
(Date refers to first diagnosis year data
reported to SEER.)
02 Case Number
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 02 Case Number
LENGTH: 8
FIELD All numeric
DESCRIPTION:
All records for each person are assigned a
unique number by the SEER Participant.
03 Record Number
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 03 Record Number
LENGTH: 2
FIELD All numeric
DESCRIPTION:
Each record for a person has been assigned a
unique number that is independent of the
contents of the record.
04 Type of Reporting Source
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 04 Type of Reporting Source
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 1 Hospital inpatient/outpatient or clinic
DESCRIPTION: 3 Laboratory (hospital or private)
4 Private medical practitioner
5 Nursing/convalescent home/hospice
6 Autopsy only (only diagnosis of this
primary made at autopsy)
7 Death certificate only (only report of
this primary is from a death certificate)
05 County of Residence at Diagnosis
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 05 County of Residence at Diagnosis
LENGTH: 3
FIELD 3 digit county code See Appendix A for list
DESCRIPTION: of valid county codes for each SEER
Participant.
999 Unknown county
09 Place of Birth
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 06 Place of Birth
LENGTH: 3
FIELD SEER Place of Birth Code See Appendix B for
DESCRIPTION: list of SEER Place of Birth codes and
definitions.
07 Year of Birth
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 07 Year of Birth
LENGTH: 4
FIELD year 1850 - forward
DESCRIPTION: 9999 (unknown year)
08 Age at Diagnosis
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 08 Age at Diagnosis
LENGTH: 3
FIELD 000-130 := actual age in years
DESCRIPTION:
09 Race
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 09 Race
LENGTH: 2
FIELD 01 White
DESCRIPTION: 02 Black
03 American Indian or Alaskan Native
04 Chinese
05 Japanese
06 Filipino
07 Hawaiian
08* Korean
09* Asian Indian, Pakistani
10* Vietnamese
11* Laotian
12* Hmong
13* Kampuchean
98 Other
99 Unknown
*Used for 1973-87 diagnoses only if person
also had a diagnosis of an independent
primary after 1987. CODE BEGAN TO BE USED FOR
1988+ DIAGNOSIS
10 Spanish Origin
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 10 Spanish Origin
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 Non-Spanish
DESCRIPTION: 1* Mexican
2* Puerto Rican
3* Cuban
4* South or Central American (except Brazil)
5* Other Spanish (includes European)
6 Spanish, NOS
9 Unknown
*Used for 1973-87 diagnoses only if person
also had a diagnosis of an independent
primary after 1987. CODE BEGAN TO BE USED
FOR 1988+ DIAGNOSES.
11 Sex
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 11 Sex
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 1 Male
DESCRIPTION: 2 Female
12 Marital Status at Diagnosis
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 12 Marital Status at Diagnosis
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 1 Single (never married)
DESCRIPTION: 2 Married
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
9 Unknown
13 Sequence Number
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 13 Sequence Number
LENGTH: 2
FIELD 00 One primary only
DESCRIPTION: 01 First of 2 or more primaries
02 Second of 2 or more primaries
03 Third of 3 or more primaries
04 Fourth of 4 or more primaries
.
.
.
10 Tenth of 10 or more primaries
11 Eleventh of 11 or more primaries
.
.
.
99 Unspecified sequence number
14 Date of Diagnosis
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 14 Date of Diagnosis
LENGTH: 6
FIELD YYYYMM where
DESCRIPTION: 1. YYYY := year 1973 - forward
2. MM := month 01-12,
99 (unknown month)
15 Primary Site
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 15 Primary Site
LENGTH: 3
FIELD Last three digits of the topography code
DESCRIPTION: (eliminate decimal point) as defined in the
Topography Section of the International
Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 1976
Edition (ICD-O, 1976)
Prior to 1977 diagnoses, cases were coded
using the Manual of Tumor Nomenclature and
Coding, 1968 (MOTNAC) and were machine
converted without complete hand review.
16 Laterality
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 16 Laterality
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 Not a paired organ
DESCRIPTION: 1 Right: origin of primary
2 Left: origin of primary
3 Only one organ involved, right or left
origin unspecified
4 Bilateral involvement, lateral origin
unknown: stated to be single primary
Both ovaries involved simultaneously,
single histology
Bilateral retinoblastomas
Bilateral Wilms's tumors
9 Paired organ, but no information
concerning laterality
See Appendix C for a list of sites for which
SEER requires information on laterality.
17 Morphology
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 17 Morphology
LENGTH: 6
FIELD Morphology is a six-digit code consisting of
DESCRIPTION: three parts:
A Histologic type (4 digits)
B Behavior (1 digit)
C Grading or differentiation; or for
lymphomas and leukemias, designation
of T-cell, B-cell or null cell
(1 digit)
The SEER program has used several different,
but related, coding systems for morphology
over time. One should be extremely careful
when doing any analysis of trends related to
morphology. It is suggested that these
analyses start with diagnoses no earlier than
1977 and that special attention be paid to
the changes for 1986 and later cases due to
the introduction of the International
Classification of Disease for Oncology, Field
Trial Edition, March 1988.
Analyses of morphology data are usually
limited to microscopically confirmed cases
only.
HISTOLOGY CODING
FOR CASES DIAGNOSED 1973-85:
Histologic types are defined in the
morphology section of the International
Classification of Diseases for Oncology,
1976 Edition (ICD-O, 1976). However prior
to the introduction of ICD-O, 1976,
morphology was coded using the Manual of
Tumor Nomenclature and Coding, 1968
(MOTNAC). With the introduction of ICD-O,
1976, all cases previously coded using
MOTNAC were machine converted without hand
review using the conversion table,
Conversion of Morphology Sections
(neoplasms) of 1968 Manual of Tumor
Nomenclature and Coding (MOTNAC) and 1965
Systematized Nomenclature of Pathology
(SNOP) to 1976 International
Classification of Diseases for Oncology,
developed by Constance Percy. The
morphology codes of ICD-O, 1976, are more
specific then those of MOTNAC. Thus, less
detailed information on morphology is
available for cases diagnosed 1973-76.
For example, when using MOTNAC large cell
carcinoma is included with carcinoma, not
otherwise specified (NOS); when using
ICD-O, 1976, large cell carcinoma is a
separate entity having its own code.
In addition, the following special
morphology codes were used by the SEER
Program:
Breast - All years
8522/3 Infiltrating duct carcinoma
and lobular carcinoma
8523/3 Infiltrating duct carcinoma
and lobular carcinoma in situ
8524/3 Intraductal carcinoma and
lobular carcinoma
8522/2 Intraductal carcinoma and
lobular carcinoma in situ
8544/3 Paget's disease with intra-
ductal carcinoma
All Sites - Introduced for coding in approx-
imately 1982
9616/3 Lennert's lymphoma
9624/3 Malignant lymphoma, lymphocy-
tic, poorly differentiated,
diffuse
9723/3 True histiocytic lymphoma
FOR CASES DIAGNOSED 1986+:
Histologic types are defined in the morpho-
logy section of the International Classi-
fication of Diseases for Oncology, Field
Trial Edition, March 1988 (ICD-O FT 1988).
Pages i-vi, 23 of the latter volume list
the differences between the two Field
Trials, present a summary of the changes to
ICD-O, 1976, and define the symbols used in
the morphology section.
BEHAVIOR
Behavior codes are also defined in ICD-O,
1976. Only in situs (/2) and invasives
(malignant) (/3) are collected by SEER.
Note: For bladder only, all in situs (/2)
are converted to invasives (/3)
before inclusion on this file.
GRADE
Grading and differentiation codes of 1-4, 9
are defined in ICD-O, 1976. Grade infor-
mation may be incomplete for cases diag-
nosed before 1977.
In the early 1980's, additional codes
specifying T-cell, B-cell, or null cell
involvement in lymphomas and leukemias
(histologies M9590-9940) were introduced
by the SEER Program. Because the reporting
requirements and medical terminology have
changed over time, care should be exercised
when analyzing this information. The codes
are:
5 T-cell
6 B-cell
7 Null cell
18 Diagnostic Confirmation
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 18 Diagnostic Confirmation
LENGTH: 1
FIELD Microscopically Confirmed
DESCRIPTION:
1 Positive histology
2 Positive exfoliative cytology, no positive
histology
4 Positive microscopic confirmation, method
not specified
Not Microscopically Confirmed
5* Positive laboratory test/marker study
6 Direct visualization without microscopic
confirmation
7 Radiography and other imaging techniques
without microscopic confirmation
8 Clinical diagnosis only (other than 5, 6,
or 7)
Confirmation unknown
9 Unknown whether or not microscopically
confirmed
*Used for 1988+ diagnoses only; prior to 1988
these cases are included in code `8'
(clinical diagnosis only)
19 Site-specific Surgery
ITEM NUMBER/NAME:
LENGTH: 19 Site-specific Surgery
FIELD
DESCRIPTION: 2
numeric
Appendix E shows the actual coding schemes
for individual sites and time periods. The
discussion below summarizes the information
available by site and time period.
This field specifies information on surgery
during first course of therapy whether it was
cancer-directed or not. (Prior to 1988 SEER
did no collect information on surgical
procedures if not cancer-directed.) The
Reason for No Cancer-directed Surgery field
must be used to distinguish among no cancer-
directed surgery performed; cancer-directed
surgery recommended, unknown if performed;
and unknown if cancer-directed surgery
performed.
FOR CASES DIAGNOSED 1973-82:
All cases were coded using the following
nonspecific scheme:
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown1
00 No surgical procedure
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
90 Surgery, NOS
1Code `09' used for all cases without
cancer-directed surgery, unknown if
cancer-directed surgery performed, or
cancer-directed surgery recommended but
unknown if performed. Refer to Reason for
No Cancer-directed Surgery. Code `00'
used for all cases diagnosed only at
autopsy.'
FOR CASES DIAGNOSED 1983-87:
Detailed schemes were in place for the
following sites:
ICD-O Codes Primary Site
151.0-151.9 Stomach
153.0-153.9 Colon
154.0-154.1 Rectosigmoid, Rectum
162.2-162.9 Bronchus and Lung
173.0-173.9 Skin (melanomas only)
174.0-174.9, 175.9 Breast
180.0-180.9 Cervix Uteri
182.0-182.8 Corpus Uteri
183.0 Ovary
185.9 Prostate
188.0-188.9 Bladder
189.0-189.2 Kidney, Renal Pelvis,
Ureter
All other sites are coded to the same
nonspecific scheme used for 1973-82 cases
(above).
FOR CASES DIAGNOSED 1988+:
In addition to the above sites detailed
schemes for the following sites were put into
place:
ICD-O Codes Primary Site
140.0-149.9 Oral Cavity
157.0-157.9 Pancreas
161.0-161.9 Larynx
169.2 Spleen
170.0-170.9 Connective tissue
171.0-171.9 Bone
186.0-186.9 Testis
193.9 Thyroid
196.0-196.9 Lymph nodes
A general scheme was used for all other
sites.
20 Reason for No Cancer-directed Surgery
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 20 Reason for No Cancer-directed Surgery
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 Cancer-directed surgery performed
DESCRIPTION:
No cancer-directed surgery
1* Cancer-directed surgery not recommended
2* Contraindicated due to other conditions;
Autopsy Only case
6 Unknown reason for no cancer-directed
surgery
7* Patient or patient's guardian refused
Unknown if cancer-directed surgery
performed
8 Recommended, unknown if done
9 Unknown if cancer-directed surgery
performed; Death Certificate Only case
*Codes not used prior to 1988. Code `2' used
only for Autopsy Only cases prior to 1988
21 Vital Status
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 21 Vital Status
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 1 Alive as of the follow-up cut-off date
DESCRIPTION: (see title page)
4 Dead
22 ICD Code Used for Cause of Death
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 22 ICD Code Used for Cause of Death
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 Patient alive as of the follow-up cut-off
DESCRIPTION: date (see title page)
8 ICDA-8
9 ICD-9
23 Underlying Cause of Death
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 23 Underlying Cause of Death
LENGTH: 4
FIELD 0000 Patient alive
DESCRIPTION: 7777 State death certificate or listing not
available to SEER participant
7797 State death certificate available, but
underlying cause of death not coded
ICDA-8 or ICD-9 code the following format
changes are used by the SEER Program:
1. The decimal point is dropped.
2. If the cause of death code has an
optional fifth digit, the fifth digit
is dropped.
3. If the cause of death code has only
three digits, the code is left-
justified and nine-filled.
4. If the cause of death is coded to the
supplemental "E" codes, the `E' is
dropped.
For example,
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ICD SEER
DEATH CODE CODE
Cancer of the thyroid 193 939
Acute appendicitis with 540.0 5400
peritonitis
Adenocarcinoma of stomach 151.9 1519
Fall on ice E885 8859
24 Site Recode
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 24 Site Recode
LENGTH: 5
FIELD For publications SEER has defined major site
DESCRIPTION: groups based on primary site and morphology.
See Appendix D for SEER Site Recode
Definitions.
25 Race Recode
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 25 Race Recode
LENGTH: 1
FIELD SEER collapses the information available on
DESCRIPTION: race for publication. These codes and
definitions based on Race are:
1 White (Race code 01)
2 Black (Race code 02)
3 Other (Race code 03-98)
9 Unknown (Race code 99)
26 Age Recode
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 26 Age Recode
LENGTH: 2
FIELD 01 Ages 00-04
DESCRIPTION: 02 Ages 05-09
03 Ages 10-14
04 Ages 15-19
05 Ages 20-24
06 Ages 25-29
07 Ages 30-34
08 Ages 35-39
09 Ages 40-44
10 Ages 45-49
11 Ages 50-54
12 Ages 55-59
13 Ages 60-64
14 Ages 65-69
15 Ages 70-74
16 Ages 75-79
17 Ages 80-84
18 Ages 85+
These five-year age groups correspond to the
five-year age groupings of the population
data.
27 Historic Stage
Historic Stage
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 27 Historic Stage
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 In situ A noninvasive neoplasm; a tumor
DESCRIPTION: which has not penetrated the basement
membrane nor extended beyond the
epithelial tissue. Some synonyms are
intraepithelial (confined to epithelial
tissue), noninvasive and noninfiltrating.
1 Localized An invasive neoplasm confined
entirely to the organ of origin. It may
include intraluminal extension where
specified. For example for colon,
intraluminal extension limited to
immediately contiguous segments of the
large bowel is localized, if no lymph
nodes are involved. Localized may
exclude invasion of the serosa because
of the poor survival of the patient once
the serosa is invaded.
2 Regional A neoplasm that has extended
1) beyond the limits of the organ of
origin directly into surrounding organs
or tissues; 2) into regional lymph nodes
by way of the lymphatic system; or 3) by
a combination of extension and regional
lymph nodes.
4 Distant A neoplasm that has spread to
parts of the body remote from the primary
tumor either by direct extension or by
discontinuous metastasis (e.g.,
implantation or seeding) to distant
organs, issues, or via the lymphatic
system to distant lymph nodes.
9 Unstaged Information is not sufficient
to assign a stage.
All lymphomas and leukemias are considered
unstaged (code `9').
This field is produced by collapsing the
detailed extent of disease information
collected by SEER. Over time several
different extent of disease schemes have
been used. Thus caution should be exercised
when doing trend analyses with this field.
For example for prostate a coding artefact
between cases before and after 1983 caused a
shift of some cases from localized to
unstaged.
THIS FIELD WAS NOT CODED FOR 1988.
Note: For bladder only,all cases originally
staged as in situ were converted to
localized before inclusion on this
file.
Special Note for 1988
Staging Information, i.e. localized, regional, distant is not on the file
for 1988.
28 Survival Time
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 28 Survival Time
LENGTH: 4
FIELD YYMM where
DESCRIPTION: 1. YY:= number of completed years
2. MM:= number of completed months
9999 := unknown survival time cannot be
calculated for this case
The survival time is calculated using the
date of diagnosis and one of the following:
date of death, date last known to be alive,
or follow-up cutoff date used for this file
(see title page for date for this file).Thus
a person diagnosed in May 1976 and who died
in May 1980 has a survival time of 04 years
and 00 months.
EXAMPLE:
Assume December 1985 is used as a follow-up
cutoff date, then:
1. If a person was known to be alive in
April of 1986, December 1985 is used
to compute survival time.
2. A person known to have died in May
1987 is considered alive and survival
time computed using December 1985 as
date of last contact.
3. If the last information on a person
is that s/he was alive in April 1980,
then April 1980 is used.
29 ICD-9 Diagnosis
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 29 ICD-9 Diagnosis
LENGTH: 4
FIELD The primary site and morphology as coded in
DESCRIPTION: ICD-O are converted to ICD-9 codes using the
Conversion of Malignant Neoplasms by
Topography and Morphology from the
International Classification of Disease for
Oncology (ICD-O) to Chapter II, Malignant
Neoplasms, International Classification of
Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), 1975
edited by Constance Percy. This conversion
has been updated for use with the Interna-
tional Classification of Diseases for
Oncology Field Trial, March 1988.
30 Radiation
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 30 Radiation
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 = 'NONE'
DESCRIPTION: 1 = 'BEAM RADIATION'
2 = 'RADIOACTIVE IMPLANTS'
3 = 'RADIOSOTOPES'
4 = 'COMBINATION OF 1 WITH 2 OR 3'
5 = 'RADIATION, NOS-METHOD OR SOURCE NOT
SPECIFIED'
6 = 'OTHER RADIATION (73-87 CASES ONLY)'
7 = 'REFUSED'
8 = 'RECOMMENDED, UNKNOWN IF ADMINISTERED'
9 = 'UNKNOWN'
31 Radiation to Brain and/or CNS
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 31 Radiation to Brain and/or CNS
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 = 'NONE'
DESCRIPTION: 1 = 'RADIATION'
7 = 'REFUSED'
8 = 'RECOMMENDED, UNKNOWN IF ADMINISTERED'
9 = 'UNKNOWN'
30 Radiation Sequence with Surgery
ITEM NUMBER/NAME: 32 Radiation Sequence with Surgery
LENGTH: 1
FIELD 0 = 'NO RADIATION AND/OR CANCER-DIRECTED
DESCRIPTION: SURGERY'
2 = 'RADIATION PRIOR TO SURGERY'
3 = 'RADIATION AFTER SURGERY'
4 = 'RADIATION BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY'
5 = 'INTRAOPERATVE RADIATION'
6 = 'INTRAOPERATIVE RAD W OTHER RAD BEFORE
AND AFTER SURG'
9 = 'SEQUENCE UNKNOWN, BUT BOTH WERE GIVEN'
APPENDIX A - COUNTY CODES
Introduction
The following tables are the valid county codes for coding county of
residence at diagnosis.
San Francisco-Oakland SMSA
County
SEER Area Code County
San Francisco- 001 Alameda
Oakland SMSA 013 Contra Costa
041 Marin
075 San Francisco
081 San Mateo
Connecticut
County
SEER Area Code County
Connecticut 001 Fairfield
003 Hartford
005 Litchfield
007 Middlesex
009 New Haven
011 New London
013 Tolland
015 Windham
Metropolitan Detroit
County
SEER Area Code County
Metropolitan 099 Macomb
Detroit 125 Oakland
163 Wayne
Hawaii
County
SEER Area Code County
Hawaii 001 Hawaii
003 Honolulu
005* Kalawao
007 Kauai
009* Maui
*Kalawao was split from Maui during the 1970's.
Iowa
County
SEER Area Code County
Iowa 001 Adair
003 Adams
005 Allamakee
007 Appanoose
009 Audubon
011 Benton
013 Black Hawk
015 Boone
017 Bremer
019 Buchanan
021 Buena Vista
023 Butler
025 Calhoun
027 Carroll
029 Cass
031 Cedar
033 Cerro Gordo
035 Cherokee
037 Chickasaw
039 Clarke
041 Clay
043 Clayton
045 Clinton
047 Crawford
049 Dallas
051 Davis
053 Decatur
055 Delaware
057 Des Moines
059 Dickinson
061 Dubuque
063 Emmet
065 Fayette
067 Floyd
069 Franklin
071 Fremont
073 Greene
075 Grundy
077 Guthrie
079 Hamilton
081 Hancock
083 Hardin
085 Harrison
087 Henry
089 Howard
091 Humbolt
093 Ida
095 Iowa
097 Jackson
099 Jasper
101 Jefferson
103 Johnson
105 Jones
107 Keokuk
109 Kossuth
111 Lee
113 Linn
115 Louisa
117 Lucas
119 Lyon
121 Madison
123 Mahaska
125 Marion County
127 Marshall
129 Mills
131 Mitchell
133 Monona
135 Monroe
137 Montgomery
139 Muscatine
141 O'Brien
143 Osceola
145 Page
147 Palo Alto
149 Plymouth
151 Pocahontas
153 Polk
155 Pottawattamie
157 Poweshiek
159 Ringgold
161 Sac
163 Scott
165 Shelby
167 Sioux
169 Story
171 Tama
173 Taylor
175 Union
177 Van Buren
179 Wapello
181 Warren
183 Washington
185 Wayne
187 Webster
189 Winnebago
191 Winneshiek
193 Woodbury
195 Worth
197 Wright
New Mexico
County
SEER Area Code County
New Mexico 001 Bernalillo
003 Catron
005 Chaves
006* Cibola
007 Colfax
009 Curry
011 De Baca
015 Eddy
017 Grant
019 Guadalupe
021 Harding
023 Hidalgo
025 Lea
027 Lincoln
028 Los Alamos
029 Luna
031 McKinley
033 Mora
035 Otero
037 Quay
039 Rio Arriba
041 Roosevelt
043 Sandoval
045 San Juan
047 San Miguel
049 Santa Fe
051 Sierra
053 Socorro
055 Taos
057 Torrance
059 Union
061* Valencia
*Cibola was split from Valencia in 1981.
Seattle-Puget Sound
County
SEER Area Code County
Seattle-Puget 009 Clallam
Sound 027 Grays Harbor
029 Island
031 Jefferson
033 King
035 Kitsap
045 Mason
053 Pierce
055 San Juan
057 Skagit
061 Snohomish
067 Thurston
073 Whatcom
Utah
County
SEER Area Code County
Utah 001 Beaver
003 Box Elder
005 Cache
007 Carbon
009 Daggett
011 Davis
013 Duchesne
015 Emery
017 Garfield
019 Grand
021 Iron
023 Juab
025 Kane
027 Millard
029 Morgan
031 Piute
033 Rich
035 Salt Lake
037 San Juan
039 Sanpete
041 Sevier
043 Summit
045 Tooele
047 Uintah
049 Utah
051 Wasatch
053 Washington
055 Wayne
057 Weber
Metropolitan Atlanta
County
SEER Area Code County
Metropolitan 063 Clayton
Atlanta 067 Cobb
089 De Kalb
121 Fulton
135 Gwinnett
APPENDIX B - SEER GEOCODES FOR CODING PLACE OF BIRTH
Continental United States and Hawaii
000 United States
001 New England and New Jersey
002 Maine
003 New Hampshire
004 Vermont
005 Massachusetts
006 Rhode Island
007 Connecticut
008 New Jersey
010 North Mid-Atlantic States
011 New York
014 Pennsylvania
017 Delaware
020 South Mid-Atlantic States
021 Maryland
022 District of Columbia
023 Virginia
024 West Virginia
025 North Carolina
026 South Carolina
030 Southeastern States
031 Tennessee
033 Georgia
035 Florida
037 Alabama
039 Mississippi
040 North Central States
041 Michigan
043 Ohio
045 Indiana
047 Kentucky
050 Northern Midwest States
051 Wisconsin
052 Minnesota
053 Iowa
054 North Dakota
055 South Dakota
056 Montana
060 Central Midwest States
061 Illinois
063 Missouri
065 Kansas
067 Nebraska
070 Southern Midwest States
071 Arkansas
073 Louisiana
075 Oklahoma
077 Texas
080 Mountain States
081 Idaho
082 Wyoming
083 Colorado
084 Utah
085 Nevada
086 New Mexico
087 Arizona
090 Pacific Coast States
091 Alaska
093 Washington
095 Oregon
097 California
099 Hawaii
United States Possessions
When SEER geocodes were originally assigned during the 1970's, the United
States owned or controlled islands in the Pacific. Since then many of
these islands have either been given their independence or had control
turned over to another country. In order to maintain information over
time, these islands are still to be coded to the original codes. The names
have been annotated to indicate the new political designation.
100 Atlantic/Caribbean Area
101 Puerto Rico
102 U.S. Virgin Islands
109 Other Atlantic/Caribbean Area
110 Canal Zone
120 Pacific Area
121 American Samoa
122 Canton and Enderbury Islands (Kiribati)
123 Caroline Islands (Trust Territory of Pacific Islands)
124 Cook Islands (New Zealand)
125 Gilbert (Kiribati) and Ellice (Tuvalu) Islands
126 Guam
127 Johnston Atoll
128 Line Islands, Southern (Kiribati)
129 Mariana Islands (Trust Territory of Pacific Islands)
131 Marshall Islands (Trust Territory Pacific Islands)
132 Midway Islands
133 Nampo-Shoto, Southern
134 Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
135 Swan Islands
136 Tokelau Islands (New Zealand)
137 Wake Island
North and South America (Not U.S. or its Possessions)
210 Greenland
220 Canada
221 Maritime provinces (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
Island, New Brunswick)
222 Quebec
223 Ontario
224 Prairie provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta)
225 Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories
226 British Columbia
230 Mexico
240 North American Islands
241 Cuba
242 Haiti
243 Dominican Republic
244 Jamaica
245 Other Caribbean Islands
246 Bermuda
247 Bahamas
250 Central America
251 Guatemala
252 Belize (British Honduras)
253 Honduras
254 El Salvador
255 Nicaragua
256 Costa Rica
257 Panama
300 South America
311 Colombia
321 Venezuela
331 Guyana (British Guiana)
332 Suriname (Dutch Guiana)
333 French Guiana
341 Brazil
345 Ecuador
351 Peru
355 Bolivia
361 Chile
365 Argentina
371 Paraguay
375 Uruguay
Europe
400 United Kingdom
401 England, Channel Islands
402 Wales
403 Scotland
404 Northern Ireland (Ulster)
410 Ireland (Eire)
420 Scandinavia
421 Iceland
423 Norway
425 Denmark
427 Sweden
429 Finland
430 Germanic countries
431 Germany (East and West)
432 Netherlands
433 Belgium
434 Luxembourg
435 Switzerland
436 Austria
437 Liechtenstein
440 Romance-language countries
441 France, (Corsica), Monaco
443 Spain, (Canary Islands, Balearic Islands), Andorra
445 Portugal (Madeira Islands, Azores, Cape Verde Islands)
447 Italy, (Sardinia, Sicily), San Marino
449 Romania
450 Slavic countries
451 Poland
452 Czechoslovakia (Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia)
453 Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Macedonia,
Slavonia, Slovenia)
454 Bulgaria
455 Russian S.F.S.R. (Russia)
456 Ukranian S.S.R. (The Ukraine) and Moldavian S.S.R.
(Bessarabia)
457 Byelorussian S.S.R. (White Russia)
458 Estonian S.S.R. (Estonia)
459 Latvian S.S.R. (Latvia)
461 Lithuanian S.S.R. (Lithuania) EUROPE (cont'd)
470 Other mainland Europe
471 Greece
475 Hungary
481 Albania
485 Gibraltar
490 Other Mediterranean islands
491 Malta
495 Cyprus
Africa
500 Africa
510 North Africa
511 Morocco
513 Algeria
515 Tunisia
517 Libya (Tripoli, Tripolitania, Cyrenaica)
519 Egypt (United Arab Republic)
520 Sudanese countries
(Western (Spanish) Sahara, Mauritania,
Mall, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Upper Volta)
530 West Africa
531 Nigeria
539 Senegal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Guinea, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin (Dahomey),
Cameroon (Kameroon), Equatorial Guinea (Fernando Poo,
Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville (French
Congo), Central African Republic
540 South Africa
541 Congo-Leopoldville (Zaire, Belgian Congo)
543 Angola, Sao Tome, Principe, Cabinda
545 Republic of South Africa (Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Natal, Transvaal), Namibia (South West Africa), Lesotho
(Basutoland), Botswana (Bechuanaland), Ciskel, Swaziland,
Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda
547 Zimbabwe (Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia)
549 Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
551 Malawi (Nyasaland)
553 Mozambique
555 Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
570 East Africa
571 Tanzania (Tanganyika, Tanzanyika, Zanzibar)
573 Uganda
575 Kenya
577 Rwanda (Ruanda)
579 Burundi (Urundi)
581 Somalia (Somali Republic, Somaliland)
583 Afars and Issas (Djibouti, French Somaliland)
585 Ethiopia (Abyssinia, Eritrea)
Asia
610 Near East
611 Turkey
620 Asian Arab countries
621 Syria
623 Lebanon
625 Jordan (Transjordan) and former Arab Palestine
627 Iraq
629 Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, People's
Democratic Republic of Yemen (Southern Yemen), United
Arab Emirates (Trucial States), Aden, Bahrain, Kuwait,
Oman and Muscat, Qatar)
631 Israel and former Jewish Palestine
633 Caucasian Republics of the U.S.S.R. (Georgia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan)
634 Other Asian Republics of the U.S.S.R. (Kazakh S.S.R.,Kirghiz
S.S.R., Tadzhik S.S.R., Turkmen S.S.R., Uzbek S.S.R.)
637 Iran (Persia)
638 Afghanistan
639 Pakistan (West Pakistan)
640 Mid-East
641 India
643 Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim
645 Bangladesh (East Pakistan)
647 Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
649 Burma
650 Southeast Asia
651 Thailand (Siam)
660 Indochina
661 Laos
663 Cambodia
665 Vietnam (Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China)
671 Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
673 Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
675 Philippines (Philippine Islands)
680 East Asia
681 China (not otherwise specified)
682 China (People's Republic of China)
683 Hong Kong
684 Taiwan (Formosa) (Republic of China)
685 Tibet
686 Macao (Macau)
691 Mongolia
693 Japan
695 Korea (North and South)
Australia and Oceania
711 Australia and Australian New Guinea
715 New Zealand
720 Pacific Islands *
721 Melanesian Islands *
723 Micronesian Islands *
725 Polynesian Islands *
* Except possessions of the U.S.A.
Place of Birth Unknown
998 Place of Birth stated not to be in United States, but no other
information available
999 Place of Birth unknown
1APPENDIX C - PRIMARY SITES WHICH SEER REQUIRES LATERALITY INFO.
Laterality codes of `1'-`9' must be used for the following sites except
where a specific subheading is excluded. Such exclusions are coded `0'.
For example, all primaries of the carina (162.2) have laterality coded `0'
and all primaries of the main bronchus have laterality coded `1'-`9'.
ICD-O Code Primary Site
142.0 Parotid gland
142.1 Submandibular gland
142.2 Sublingual gland
146.0 Tonsil, NOS
146.1 Tonsillar fossa
146.2 Tonsillar pillar
160.0 Nasal cavity (excluding nasal cartilage, nasal septum)
160.1 Middle ear
160.2 Maxillary sinus
160.4 Frontal sinus
162.2 Main bronchus (excluding carina)
162.3-162.9 Lung
163.0-163.9 Pleura
170.3 Rib, Clavicle (excluding sternum)
170.4 Long bones of upper limb, scapula
170.5 Short bones of upper limb
170.6 Pelvic Bones (excluding sacrum, coccyx, and symphysis
pubis)
170.7 Long bones of lower limb
170.8 Short bones of lower limb
171.2 Connective, subcutaneous, and other soft tissues of upper
limb and shoulder
171.3 Connective, subcutaneous, and other soft tissues of lower
limb and hip
173.1 Skin of eyelid
173.2 Skin of external ear
173.3 Skin of other and unspecified parts of face (midline code
'9')
173.5 Skin of trunk (midline code '9')
173.6 Skin of arm and shoulder
174.0-174.9 Female breast
175.9 Male breast
183.0 Ovary
183.2 Fallopian tube
186.0-186.9 Testis
187.5 Epididymis
187.6 Spermatic cord
189.0 Kidney, NOS
189.1 Renal pelvis
189.2 Ureter
190.0-190.9 Eye
194.0 Suprarenal gland
194.5 Carotid body
NOTE: Laterality may be submitted for sites other than those listed above.
APPENDIX D - SITE RECODE DEFINITIONS
Buccal Cavity and Pharynx
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Buccal cavity and pharynx
Lip 400:409 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20000*
Tongue 410:419 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20010
Salivary gland 420:429 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20020
Floor of mouth 440:449 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20030
Gum & other mouth 430:439, 450:459 20040
(Excludes hist 9590:9980)
Nasopharynx 470:479 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20060
Tonsil 460:462 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20070
Oropharynx 463:469 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20080
Hypopharynx 480:489 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20090
Other buccal cavity 490:499 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 20100
& pharynx
Digestive System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Digestive system 21000*
Esophagus 500:509 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21010
Stomach 510:519 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21020
Small intestine 520:529 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21030
Colon excluding rectum 21040*
Cecum 534 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21041
Appendix 535 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21042
Ascending colon 536 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21043
Hepatic flexure 530 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21044
Transverse colon 531 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21045
Splenic flexure 537 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21046
Descending colon 532 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21047
Sigmoid colon 533 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21048
Large intestine, NOS 538:539, 590 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21049
Rectum & rectosigmoid 21050*
Rectosigmoid junction 540 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21051
Rectum 541 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21052
Anus, anal canal & 542:543, 548 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21060
anorectum
Liver & intrahepatic 21070*
bile ducts
Liver 550 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21071
Intrahepatic bile 551 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21072
ducts
Gallbladder 560 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21080
Other biliary 561:569 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21090
Pancreas 570:579 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21100
Retroperitoneum 580 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21110
Peritoneum, omentum & 588:589 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21120
mesentery
Other digestive organs 598:599 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 21130
Respiratory System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Respiratory system 22000*
Nose, nasal cavity, 600:609 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 22010
middle ear
Larynx 610:619 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 22020
Lung and bronchus 622:629 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 22030
Pleura 630:639 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 22050
Trachea, mediastinum & 620, 642:659 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 22060
other respiratory organs
Bones & Joints
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Bones & joints 700:709 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 23000
Soft Tissue
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Soft tissue 641, 710:719 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 24000
(including heart)
Skin
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Skin (excluding basal and 25000*
squamous)
Melanomas -- skin 730:739 (Only hist 8720:8790) 25010
Other non-epithelial 730:739 (Excludes hist 8000:8004, 25020
skin 8010:8012,
8070:8076,
8090:8096,
8720:8790,
9590:9980)
Breast
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Breast 740:749, 759 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 26000
Female Genital System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Female genital system 27000*
Cervix 800:809 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27010
Corpus 820:828 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27020
Uterus, NOS 799 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27030
Ovary 830 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27040
Vagina 840 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27050
Vulva 841:844 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 27060
Other female genital 819, 832:839, 848:849 27070
organs (Excludes hist 9590:9980)
Male Genital System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Male genital system 28000*
Prostate 859 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 28010
Testis 860:869 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 28020
Penis 871:874 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 28030
Other male genital 875:879 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 28040
organs
Urinary System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Urinary system 29000*
Bladder 880:889 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 29010
Kidney and Renal pelvis 890:891 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 29020
Ureter 892 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 29030
Other urinary system 893:899 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 29040
Eye & Orbit
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Eye & orbit 900:909 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 30000
Brain and Other Nervous System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Brain and other nervous 910:919 (Excludes hist 9530-9539, 31000*
system 9590:9980) 31010
Brain 910:919 (Histologies: 9530- 9390);
Other nervous system 920:929 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 31040
Endocrine System
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Endocrine system 32000*
Thyroid 939 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 32010
Other endocrine 640, 940:949 (Excludes hist 9590:9980) 32020
(includes
thymus)
Lymphomas
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Lymphomas 33000*
Hodgkin's Disease Histologies: 9650:9667 33010*
Nodal Sites: 416,460,471,491,640,692,960:969 33011
Extranodal All other sites 33012
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas Histologies: 9590:9642,9670:9710,9750 33040*
Nodal Sites: 416,460,471,491,640,692,960:969 33041
Extranodal All other sites 33042
Multiple Myeloma
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Multiple myeloma Histologies: 9730:9731 (all sites) 34000
Leukemias
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Leukemias 35000*
Lymphocytic 35010*
Acute lymphocytic Histology: 9821 35011
Chronic lymphocytic Histology: 9823 35012
Other lymphocytic Histologies: 9820, 9822, 9824, 9825 35013
Granulocytic 35020*
Acute granulocytic Histologies: 9861, 9867 35021
Chronic granulocytic Histologies: 9863, 9868 35022
Other granulocytic Histologies: 9860, 9862, 9864, 9865, 35023
9866
Monocytic 35030*
Acute monocytic Histology: 9891 35031
Chronic monocytic Histology: 9893 35032
Other monocytic Histologies: 9890, 9892, 9894 35033
Other 35040*
Other acute Histologies: 9801, 9841 35041
Other chronic Histologies: 9803, 9842 35042
Aleukemic, subleukemic Histologies: 9800, 9802, 9804, 35043
and NOS 9810, 9830,
9840, 9850, 9870, 9880,
9900, 9910, 9920, 9930,
9931, 9932, 9940, 9951
Ill Defined and Unspecified Sites
SITE GROUP ICD-O CODES RECODE
Ill defined and Histologies: 9720:9723, 37000
unspecified 9740:9741, 9950,
sites 9960:9980, 9760-9764
950:958,999 (Excludes hist 9590:9980)
690:699 (Excludes hist 9590:9980)
960:969 (Excludes hist 9590:9980)
2Reference to *
*These are aggregated recode categories and do not occur on the file. They
are used in calculating aggregate rates.
APPENDIX E - SITE SPECIFIC SURGERY CODES
1973-82 Diagnoses - All Sites (140.0-199.9)
Code:
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
00 No surgical procedure
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
90 Surgery, NOS
1983+ Diagnoses
Stomach (151.0-151.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local surgical excision (includes polypectomy, excision of ulcer, other
lesions, or stomach tissue with evidence of cancer)
20 Partial/subtotal/hemigastrectomy: Upper (proximal) portion (may
include part of esophagus, i.e., esophagogastrectomy)
30 Partial2/subtotal/hemigastrectomy: Lower (distal) portion (may include
part of duodenum, i.e., gastropylorectomy); Billroth I (indicates
anastomosis to duodenum); duodenostomy; Billroth II (indicates anastomosis
to jejunum); jejunostomy; antrectomy (resection of pyloric antrum of
stomach)
40 Partial2/subtotal/hemigastrectomy, NOS; resection of portion of stomach,
NOS
50 Total/near total gastrectomy (includes resection with pouch left for
anastomosis; total gastrectomy following previous partial resection for
another cause)
60 Gastrectomy, NOS
70 Gastrectomy (partial, total, radical) PLUS partial or total removal of
other organs
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes 10-70 may include removal of spleen, nodes, omentum, mesentery,
or mesocolon.
Ignore incidental removal of gallbladder, bile ducts, appendix, or
vagus nerve.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Colon (Excludes Rectosigmoid, Rectum) (153.0-153.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local cancer destruction WITHOUT pathology specimen (includes laser
surgery, cryosurgery, electrocautery, or fulguration)
20 Local surgical excision WITH pathology specimen (includes polypectomy,
snare, or laser surgery)
30 Partial/subtotal colectomy, but less than hemicolectomy (includes
segmental resection, e.g., cecectomy, appendectomy, sigmoidectomy,
partial resection of transverse colon and flexures, ileocolectomy,
enterocolectomy, and partial/subtotal colectomy, NOS)
40 Hemicolectomy or greater (but less than total); right/left colectomy
(all of right or left colon beginning at mid-transverse)
50 Total colectomy (beginning with cecum and ending with sigmoid/rectum or
part of rectum)
60 Colectomy, NOS
70 Colectomy (subtotal, hemicolectomy or total) PLUS partial or total
removal of other organs
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes 30-70 may include removal of lymph nodes, mesentery, mesocolon,
peritoneum, a portion of terminal ileum, or omentum.
Ignore incidental removal of appendix, gallbladder, bile ducts, or
spleen.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
If not clear from either the operative or pathology report what was
removed, but the title of the operative report is hemicolectomy, code
as hemicolectomy.
Rectosigmoid, Rectum (154.0-154.1)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local cancer destruction WITHOUT pathology specimen (includes laser
surgery, cryosurgery, electrocautery, or fulgeration)
20 Local surgical excision WITH pathology specimen (includes polypectomy,
snare, or laser surgery)
30 Anterior/posterior resection, wedge or segmental resection, transsacral
rectosigmoidectomy, Hartmann's operation, partial proctectomy, rectal
resection, NOS
40 Pull-through resection WITH sphincter preservation (e.g., Turnbull's and
Swenson's operations, Soave's submucosal resection, Altemeier's operation,
and Duhamel's operation)
50 Abdominoperineal resection (e.g., Miles' and Rankin's operations),
complete proctectomy
60 Any of codes 30-50 PLUS partial or total removal of other organs
70 Pelvic Exenteration (partial or total)
Posterior exenteration (includes rectum and rectosigmoid with ligamentous
attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Total exenteration (includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic
lymph nodes)
Extended exenteration (includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes 30-70 may include removal of lymph nodes and/or removal of
section of colon.
Ignore incidental removal of gallbladder, bile ducts, or appendix.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Bronchus and Lung (162.2-162.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local surgical excision or destruction of lesion
20 Partial/wedge/segmental resection, lingulectomy, partial lobectomy,
sleeve resection (bronchus only)
30 Lobectomy/bilobectomy (includes lobectomy plus segmental/sleeve
resection, radical lobectomy, partial pneumonectomy) WITHOUT dissection
of lymph nodes
40 Lobectomy/bilobectomy (includes lobectomy plus segmental/sleeve
resection, radical lobectomy, partial pneumonectomy) WITH dissection of
lymph nodes
50 Complete/total/standard pneumonectomy (includes hilar and parabronchial
lymph nodes); pneumonectomy, NOS
60 Radical pneumonectomy (complete pneumonectomy PLUS dissection of
mediastinal lymph nodes)
70 Extended radical pneumonectomy (includes parietal pleura, pericardium
and/or chest wall (with diaphragm) plus lymph nodes)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY (includes
removal of mediastinal mass ONLY)
90 Resection of lung, NOS; surgery, NOS
NOTE: Ignore incidental removal of rib(s) (operative approach).
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Skin (173.0-173.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local cancer destruction WITHOUT pathology specimen (includes laser
surgery, cryosurgery, fulgeration, or electrocauterization)
20 Simple excision/excisional biopsy; shave biopsy; local surgical
excision; wedge resection; laser surgery WITH pathology specimen;
excision, NOS
30 Shave/punch biopsy/biopsy, NOS followed by excision of lesion (not a
wide excision)
40 Wide/re-excision or minor (local) amputation (includes digits, ear,
eyelid, lip, nose)
WITHOUT lymph node dissection
45 Radical excision WITHOUT lymph node dissection
49 Wide/radical excision/re-excision or minor (local) amputation (incl.
digits, ear, eyelid, lip, nose)
50 Codes 10-49 WITH lymph node dissection
60 Amputation (other than code 40) WITHOUT lymph node dissection;
amputation, NOS
70 Amputation (other than in code 40) WITH lymph node dissection
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Breast (174.0-174.9 Female, 175.9 Male)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code
10 Partial/less than total mastectomy (includes segmental mastectomy,
lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, tylectomy, wedge resection, nipple resection,
excisional biopsy, or partial mastectomy, NOS) WITHOUT dissection of
axillary lymph nodes
20 Partial/less than total mastectomy WITH dissection of axillary lymph
nodes
30 Subcutaneous mastectomy WITH/WITHOUT dissection of axillary nodes
40 Total (simple) mastectomy (breast only) WITHOUT dissection of axillary
lymph nodes
50 Modified radical/total (simple) mastectomy (may include portion of
pectoralis major) WITH dissection of axillary lymph nodes
60 Radical mastectomy WITH dissection of majority of pectoralis major WITH
dissection of axillary lymph nodes
70 Extended radical mastectomy (code 60 PLUS internal mammary node
dissection; may include chest wall and ribs)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Mastectomy, NOS; Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`78' apply to unilateral resection of primary cancer.
Ignore removal of fragments or tags of muscle; removal of pectoralis
minor; resection of pectoralis muscles, NOS; and resection of fascia
with no mention of muscle.
Oophorectomy, adrenalectomy, and hypophysectomy will be coded as
Endocrine (Hormone/Steroid) Therapy.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Cervix Uteri (180.0-180.0)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Cryosurgery; laser surgery WITHOUT pathology specimen
15 Dilatation and curettage (in situ ONLY); endocervical curettage (in
situ ONLY)
19 Cryosurgery, laser surgery (vaporized--no path specimen); D & C (in
situ ONLY)
20 Local surgical excision; excisional biopsy; trachelectomy; amputation
of cervix or cervical stump; laser surgery WITH pathology specimen;
conization
29 Local excision and/or conization, excisional biopsy, trachelectomy,
amputation of cervix, laser (with path specimen), endocervical curettage
(in situ only)
30 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy (includes both corpus and cervix uteri)
WITHOUT removal of tubes and ovaries WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
35 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy (includes both corpus and cervix uteri)
WITHOUT removal of tubes and ovaries WITH dissection of lymph nodes
40 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy WITH removal of tube(s) and ovary(ies)
WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
50 Modified radical/extended hysterectomy (includes uterus, tube(s),
ovary(ies), and para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, and may include
vaginal cuff); radical hysterectomy (includes uterus, tube(s), ovary(ies),
vagina, all parametrial and paravaginal tissue, and para-aortic and pelvic
lymph nodes); Wertheim's operation
60 Hysterectomy, NOS
70 Pelvic Exenteration (partial or total)
Anterior exenteration (includes bladder, distal ureters, and genital
organs with their ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Posterior exenteration (includes rectum and rectosigmoid with
ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Total exenteration (includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic
lymph nodes)
Extended exenteration (includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes 30 and 40 may include a portion of vaginal cuff.
Ignore incidental removal of appendix.
Ignore omentectomy if it was the only surgery performed in addition
to hysterectomy.
Ignore surgical approach, i.e., abdominal or vaginal.
For invasive cancers only, dilatation and curettage is to be coded
as an incisional biopsy.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Corpus Uteri (182.0-182.8)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Polypectomy; myomectomy (simple excision); simple excision, NOS
20 Subtotal hysterectomy; supracervical hysterectomy; fundectomy (cervix
left in place
WITH/WITHOUT removal of tubes and ovaries)
30 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy (includes both corpus and cervix uteri)
WITHOUT removal of tubes and ovaries WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
35 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy (includes both corpus and cervix uteri)
WITHOUT removal of tubes and ovaries WITH dissection of lymph nodes
40 Total/pan/simple hysterectomy WITH removal of tube(s) and ovary(ies)
WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
50 Modified radical/extended hysterectomy (includes uterus, tube(s),
ovary(ies), and para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, and may include
vaginal cuff); radical hysterectomy (includes uterus, tube(s), ovary(ies),
vagina, and all parametrial and paravaginal tissue, and para-aortic and
pelvic lymph nodes); Wertheim's operation
60 Hysterectomy, NOS
70 Pelvic Exenteration (partial or total)
Anterior exenteration (includes bladder, distal ureters, and genital
organs with their ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Posterior exenteration (includes rectum and rectosigmoid with
ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Total exenteration (includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic
lymph nodes)
Extended exenteration (includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes 30 and 40 may include a portion of vaginal cuff.
Ignore incidental removal of appendix.
Ignore omentectomy if it is the only surgery performed in addition
to hysterectomy.
Ignore surgical approach, i.e., abdominal or vaginal.
For invasive and in situ cancers, dilatation and curettage is to be
coded as an incisional biopsy.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as
part of the planned first course of therapy.
Ovary (183.0)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Subtotal/partial or unilateral (salpingo)-oophorectomy; wedge resection
WITHOUT hysterectomy
20 Subtotal/partial or unilateral (salpingo)-oophorectomy WITH hysterectomy
30 Bilateral (salpingo)-oophorectomy WITHOUT hysterectomy;
(salpingo)-oophorectomy, NOS
40 Bilateral (salpingo)-oophorectomy WITH hysterectomy
50 Omentectomy (partial, total, or NOS) with unilateral or bilateral
(salpingo)-oophorectomy, unknown if hysterectomy done
51 Omentectomy (partial, total, or NOS) with unilateral or bilateral
(salpingo)-oophorectomy, WITHOUT hysterectomy
52 Omentectomy (partial, total, or NOS) with unilateral or bilateral
(salpingo)-oophorectomy, WITH hysterectomy
60 Debulking of ovarian cancer mass (may include ovarian tissue)
70 Pelvic Exenteration (partial or total)
Anterior exenteration (includes bladder, distal ureters, and genital
organs with their ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Posterior exenteration (includes rectum and rectosigmoid with
ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Total exenteration (includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic
lymph nodes)
Extended exenteration (includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Ignore incidental removal of appendix.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Prostate (185.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP); cryoprostatectomy; local
surgical excision of lesion WITHOUT lymph node dissection
20 Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP); cryoprostatectomy; local
surgical excision of lesion WITH lymph node dissection
30 Subtotal/simple prostatectomy (segmental resection or enucleation
leaving capsule intact) WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
40 Subtotal/simple prostatectomy (segmental resection or enucleation) WITH
dissection of lymph nodes
50 Radical/total prostatectomy (excised prostate, ejaculatory ducts (ductus
deferens), and seminal vesicles) WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
60 Radical/total prostatectomy (excised prostate, ejaculatory ducts (ductus
deferens), and seminal vesicles) WITH dissection of lymph nodes
70 Cystoprostatectomy, radical cystectomy, pelvic exenteration WITH/WITHOUT
dissection of lymph nodes
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Prostatectomy, NOS; Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Orchiectomy will be coded as Endocrine (Hormone/Steroid) Therapy.
Ignore surgical approach, i.e., suprapubic, retropubic, or perineal.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Bladder (188.0-188.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Transurethral resection of bladder (TURB); local destruction
(electrocoagulation, fulguration, cryosurgery); excisional biopsy
20 Partial/subtotal cystectomy (includes segmental resection) WITHOUT
dissection of pelvic lymph nodes
30 Partial/subtotal cystectomy (includes segmental resection) WITH
dissection of pelvic lymph nodes
40 Complete/total/simple cystectomy WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
50 Complete/total/simple cystectomy WITH dissection of lymph nodes
60 Cystectomy, NOS
70 Radical cystectomy (in men: removal of bladder, prostate, seminal
vesicles, surrounding perivesical tissues and distal ureters; in women:
removal of bladder, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, surrounding
peritoneum, and sometimes urethra and vaginal wall)
Pelvic Exenteration (partial, total, or extended)
Anterior exenteration (includes bladder, distal ureters, and genital
organs with their ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Posterior exenteration (includes rectum and rectosigmoid with
ligamentous attachments and pelvic lymph nodes)
Total exenteration (includes removal of all pelvic contents and pelvic
lymph nodes)
Extended exenteration (includes pelvic blood vessels or bony pelvis)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Ignore partial removal of ureter in coding cystectomy.
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Kidney, Renal Pelvis, and Ureter (189.0-189.2)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Partial/subtotal nephrectomy (includes local excision, wedge resection,
and segmental resection);
Partial ureterectomy
20 Complete/total/simple nephrectomy for kidney parenchyma
Nephroureterectomy (includes bladder cuff) for renal pelvis or ureter
WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
30 Complete/total/simple nephrectomy for kidney parenchyma
Nephroureterectomy (includes bladder cuff) for renal pelvis or ureter
WITH dissection of lymph nodes
40 Radical nephrectomy (includes removal of vena cava, adrenal gland(s),
Gerota's fascia, perinephric fat, or partial ureter) WITHOUT dissection
of lymph nodes
50 Radical nephrectomy (includes removal of vena cava, adrenal gland(s),
Gerota's fascia, perinephric fat, or partial ureter) WITH dissection of
lymph nodes
60 Nephrectomy, NOS
Ureterectomy, NOS
70 Codes 20-60 PLUS other organs (e.g., bladder, colon)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Ignore incidental removal of rib(s).
Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
All Sites 1983-87 (140.0-199.9)
Code Exceptions
Except: 151.0-151.9, 153.0-153.9, 154.0, 154.1, 162.2-162.9,
173.0-173.9, 174.0-174.9, 175.9, 180.0-180.9,
182.0-182.8, 183.0, 185.9, 188.0-188.9, 189.0-189.2
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
90 Surgery, NOS
1988+ Diagnoses
Oral Cavity (140.0-149.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Electrocautery, or cryosurgery; laser surgery WITHOUT pathology specimen
20 Laser surgery WITH pathology specimen; excisional biopsy
30 Local surgical excision
40 Radical excision
50 Local/radical excision WITH radical neck dissection
70 Radical neck dissection ONLY
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
3Pancreas (157.0-157.0)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local or partial surgical excision of pancreas
20 Total pancreatectomy WITH/WITHOUT splenectomy
30 Subtotal gastrectomy, duodenectomy with complete or partial
pancreatectomy
WITH/WITHOUT splenectomy (Whipple's operation)
40 Radical regional (partial) pancreatectomy with lymph node dissection and
adjacent soft tissue resection
50 Pancreatectomy, NOS
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Larynx (161.0-161.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Laser surgery WITHOUT pathology specimen
20 Local surgical excision or destruction of lesion; laser surgery WITH
pathology specimen;
stripping
30 Partial laryngectomy WITH/WITHOUT node dissection
40 Total laryngectomy WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes; total
laryngectomy, NOS
50 Total laryngectomy WITH dissection of lymph nodes; radical laryngectomy
60 Laryngectomy, NOS
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Bone,Connective & Other Soft Tissue(170.0-170.9,171.0,171.2-171.
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local or wide excision of lesion
20 Resection, partial
Internal hemipelvectomy (pelvis)
30 Radical excision/resection
Limb salvage (arm or leg)
40 Amputation, partial/total of limb
50 Amputation, forequarter (incl. scapula)
Amputation, hindquarter (incl. ilium/hip bone)
Hemipelvectomy
60 Excision/resection, NOS
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Testis (186.0-186.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local surgical excision or partial resection of testicle
20 Excision of testicle WITHOUT cord
30 Excision of testicle WITH cord (or cord not mentioned)
40 Excision of testicle WITH unilateral lymph node dissection
50 Excision of testicle WITH bilateral lymph node dissection
60 Orchiectomy, NOS
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`59' take priority over codes `60'-`99'.
Codes `10'-`99' take priority over codes `00'-`09'.
In the range `10'-`58' the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' take priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06' the higher code has priority.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Thyroid (193.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Local surgical excision or partial removal of lobe
20 Lobectomy WITH/WITHOUT isthmectomy, WITH/WITHOUT dissection of lymph
nodes
30 Lobectomy, isthmectomy and partial removal of contralateral lobe (near
total thyroidectomy)
WITH/WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
40 Total thyroidectomy WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
50 Total thyroidectomy WITH limited lymph node dissection (nodal sampling
or "berry picking") or lymph node dissection, NOS
60 Total thyroidectomy WITH radical/modified lymph node dissection
70 Thyroidectomy, NOS
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
Lymph Nodes and Spleen (169.2, 196.0-196.9)
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Excision of localized tumor mass
20 Splenectomy (partial, total, or NOS)
30 Lymph node dissection, one chain
31 Lymph node dissection, one chain PLUS splenectomy
40 Lymph node dissection, 2+ chains and/or adjacent organ(s)
41 Lymph node dissection, 2+ chains and/or adjacent organ(s) PLUS
splenectomy
50 Lymph node dissection, NOS
51 Lymph node dissection, NOS PLUS splenectomy
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
All Other Sites
150.0-150.9, 152.0-152.9, 154.2-156.9, 158.0-160.9, 162.0,
163.0-165.9, 169.0-169.1, 169.3-169.9, 179.9, 181.9, 183.2-184.9,
187.1-187.9, 189.3-192.9, 194.0-195.8, 199.9
No Cancer-Directed Surgery/Unknown
Code:
00 No surgical procedure
01 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of other than primary site
02 Incisional, needle, or aspiration biopsy of primary site
03 Exploratory ONLY (no biopsy)
04 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY (no biopsy)
05 Exploratory ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy of primary
site or other sites
06 Bypass surgery, -ostomy ONLY AND incisional, needle or aspiration biopsy
of primary site or other sites
07 Non-cancer directed surgery, NOS
09 Unknown if surgery done
Type of Cancer-Directed Surgery
Code:
10 Cryosurgery
20 Cautery, fulguration, laser surgery WITHOUT pathology specimen
30 Laser surgery WITH pathology specimen
35 Excisional biopsy; polypectomy; excision of lesion
37 Partial removal of primary site WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
38 Partial removal of primary site WITH dissection of lymph nodes
40 Simple removal of primary site WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
50 Simple removal of primary site WITH dissection of lymph nodes
55 Debulking WITH or WITHOUT dissection of lymph nodes
60 Radical surgery (primary site plus partial or total removal of other
organs)
80 Surgery of regional and/or distant site(s)/node(s) ONLY
90 Surgery, NOS
NOTE: Codes `10'-`90' have priority over codes `00'-`09'.
Codes `10'-`78' have priority over codes `80'-`90'.
Surgery of primary not included in any category should be coded `90'.
In the range `10'-`78', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' have priority over code `09'.
In the range `01'-`06', the higher code has priority.
Codes `01'-`07' and `09' cannot be used in combination with codes
`10'-`90'.
Codes `01'-`06' have priority over code `07'.
Second digit is to be coded `8' when reconstructive surgery of the
primary site is done as part of the planned first course of therapy.
POPULATION FILE
General Information
Areas: Seer Registries and Total US
Years: 1973-1988
Races: Total, White, Black, and Total Non-White
Documentation Version: January 1992
File Description
Overview
The SEER Population File has been constructed for the analysis of SEER and
other databases. It contains population data for a specified set of years,
geographic areas and demographic characteristics. The source of these
populations is estimates for intracensal years or special racial groups
provided by the U.S. Census Bureau and estimates computed by NCI. The title
page specifies the geographic areas, racial groups, and years for which
populations are provided.
The documentation defines the record format, field definitions, and file
characteristics for any population file.
Storage Characteristics
A. Size: dependent upon file content-for most files,
may be approximated by: # of geographic
areas *# of races *2 (here the 2 represents
male plus female)
(Records for specific races may not be
included if when census taken, no persons of
that race resided in that specified
geographic area or estimates were not
computed.)
B. Organization: Sequential
File Characteristics
If on tape, the file has the following characteristics:
A. Logical Record Length: 200 characters
B. Blocksize: 9800 characters
C. Record Format: Fixed length records; fixed length blocks
D. EBCDIC
E. Odd parity
F. IBM Standard labels
If on diskette, the file has the following characteristics:
A. Logical Record Length: 200 characters
B. Record format: Fixed length records
C. ASCII text file
Record Identifier
Record Identifier: Population Year/Month of Census/Geographic Area/Race/Sex
where Geographic Area may be a combination of the SEER
Registry, State, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
(SMSA), County, or Census Tract
Record Format
ITEM NAME ITEM # POSITIONS LENGTH
RECORD IDENTIFICATION
Population Year 01 001-002 2
Race 02 003-004 2
SEER Registry 03 005-006 2
State 04 007-008 2
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area 05 009-012 4
(SMSA)
County 06 013-015 3
Census Tract 07 016-021 6
Month of Census 08 022-022 1
Sex 09 023-023 1
Filler - zero 10 024-024 1
Standard Population Year 11 025-026 2
Filler - space 12 027-027 1
Suppression Indicator 13 028-028 1
FIVE YEAR POPULATIONS
Population: Ages <5 14 029-037 9
Population: Ages 05-09 15 038-046 9
. . ..
. . ..
. . ..
Population: Ages 80-84 20 173-181 9
Population: Ages 85+ 21 182-190 9
POPULATION: ALL AGES 22 191-200 10
Field Descriptions
Population Year
NAME: Population Year
ITEM NO: 001
PURPOSE: To specify the year to which the population applies
LENGTH: 2
CONTENTS: .
.
.
70 := 1970
71 := 1971
72 := 1972
.
.
.
80 := 1980
81 := 1981
.
.
.
Race
NAME: Race
ITEM NO: 002
PURPOSE: To specify the race/Spanish origin of the population represented
LENGTH: 2
CONTENTS: 10 := Whites not of Spanish Origin
11 := Whites of Spanish Origin
12 := Total Blacks
13 := American Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos
14 := Chinese
15 := Japanese
16 := Filipinos
17 := Hawaiians
20 := Total Whites
30 := Total Non-whites
50 := Total All Persons
SEER Registry
NAME: SEER Registry
ITEM NO: 003
PURPOSE: To specify the SEER registry to which the population applies
LENGTH: 2
CONTENTS: 00 := not applicable
01 := San Francisco-Oakland SMSA
02 := Connecticut
20 := Metropolitan Detroit
21 := Hawaii
22 := Iowa
23 := New Mexico
25 := Seattle (Puget Sound)
26 := Utah
27 := Metropolitan Atlanta
28 := Puerto Rico
33 := Arizona Indians
34 := New Jersey
37 := Rural Georgia
99 := United States
State
NAME: State
ITEM NO: 004
PURPOSE: To specify the state of the population represented
LENGTH: 2
CONTENTS: zero := not applicable
ss := the two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) state codes:
01 Alabama 30 Montana
02 Alaska 31 Nebraska
04 Arizona 32 Nevada
05 Arkansas 33 New Hampshire
06 California 34 New Jersey
08 Colorado 35 New Mexico
09 Connecticut 36 New York
10 Delaware 37 North Carolina
11 District of 38 North Dakota
Columbia 39 Ohio
12 Florida 40 Oklahoma
13 Georgia 41 Oregon
15 Hawaii 42 Pennsylvania
16 Idaho 44 Rhode Island
17 Illinois 45 South Carolina
18 Indiana 46 South Dakota
19 Iowa 47 Tennessee
20 Kansas 48 Texas
21 Kentucky 49 Utah
22 Louisiana 50 Vermont
23 Maine 51 Virginia
24 Maryland 53 Washington
25 Massachusetts 54 West Virginia
26 Michigan 55 Wisconsin
27 Minnesota 56 Wyoming
28 Mississippi 72 Puerto Rico
29 Missouri
st := the two-character alphabetic U.S. Post Office
abbreviations (used with SEER registry data):
US United States HA Hawaii
AR Arizona MI Michigan
CA California NJ New Jersey
CT Connecticut NM New Mexico
GA Georgia UT Utah
IA Iowa WA Washington
PR Puerto Rico
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)
NAME: Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)
ITEM NO: 005
PURPOSE: To specify the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area of the
population represented
LENGTH: 4
CONTENTS: zero := not applicable
smsa := the four-digit FIPS code identifying the SMSA
See the U.S. Census Bureau document PHC80-R5 Geographic
Identification Code Scheme for definitions of SMSA codes.
County
NAME: County
ITEM NO: 006
PURPOSE: To specify the county of the population represented
A county is defined as the primary political and administrative
subdivision of a state.
LENGTH: 3
CONTENTS: zero := not applicable
ccc := the three-digit FIPS county code - counties are uniquely
identified within a state
For a complete list of the counties and their assigned
codes for each state, see the Worldwide Geographic
Location Codes, published by the U.S. General Services
Administration, Finance Office, in June, 1982.
Census Tract
NAME: Census Tract
ITEM NO: 007
PURPOSE: To specify the census tract of the population represented
A census tract is defined as small statistical subdivision of a
county.
LENGTH: 6
CONTENTS: zero := not applicable
9999V99 := the four-digit basic tract code which may be followed
by a two-digit suffix code where V is an assumed
decimal point
If no suffix is present, two spaces are used. For example,
a census tract consisting of only a four-digit basic code
would appear as 0001bb (where b is a space). A census tract
consisting of the basic code and a suffix would appear as
000101.
Month of Census
NAME: Month of Census
ITEM NO: 008
PURPOSE: To specify the month in which the census was taken
LENGTH: 1
CONTENTS: 4 := April - the decennial censuses of 1970 and 1980 were
completed during April
7 :=intracensal estimates were computed for July 1 of the year
Sex
NAME: Sex
ITEM NO: 009
PURPOSE: To specify the sex of the population represented
LENGTH: 1
CONTENTS: 1 := Male
2 := Female
Standard Population Year
NAME: Standard Population Year
ITEM NO: 011
PURPOSE: To specify the year represented for records containing standard
million populations
LENGTH: 2
CONTENTS: space := not applicable
40 := 1940 Standard Million
50 := 1950 Standard Million
60 := 1960 Standard Million
70 := 1970 Standard Million
80 := 1980 Standard Million
WR := World Standard Million
Suppression Indicator
NAME: Suppression Indicator
ITEM NO: 013
PURPOSE: To indicate if suppression exists or existed in the population for
this race and state/county
LENGTH: 1
CONTENTS: 0 := no suppression
1 := all populations suppressed (all cells contain zero)
2 := populations originally suppressed - derived from existing
populations for county
Population - 5 year age group
NAME: Population - 5 year age group
ITEM NO: 014-021
PURPOSE: To specify the number of persons in the specified age group
residing in the geographic area of the specified race/Spanish
origin and sex
LENGTH: 9 for each age group
CONTENTS: zero - 999999999 := population
Population - All ages
NAME: Population: All Ages
ITEM NO: 022
PURPOSE: To specify the total number of persons residing in the geographic
area of the specified race/Spanish origin and sex
LENGTH: 10
CONTENTS: zero - 999999999 := population
