ICD-O-3 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Softbound versus hardbound books
The softbound books of the ICD-O-3 ("U.S. Interim Version")
are available through your state central cancer registry.
There is no charge for them as they were printed at U.S.
government expense (your tax dollars at work). Do not try
to order the softbound U.S. Interim Version from World Health
Organization (WHO) Publications Center.
- Hematopoietic primaries table availability
The hematopoietic table is in the final stages of medical
review. When it is ready it will be available from the SEER
Web Site (http://www.seer.cancer.gov).
It is aimed that this table will be available on Febraury
1, 2001.
ICD-O-3 Implementation Activities
ICD-O, Third Edition has been more than two years in development.
The concept of ICD-O-3 was presented to the NAACCR Uniform
Data Standards Committee in February, 2000. As part of the
implementation process for ICD-O-3, SEER has conducted, or
will conduct, the following activities by January 2001:
- The hard copy version of the ICD-O-3 manual has been sent
to World Health Organization (WHO) for printing. The manuals
can be ordered now (see below).
- WHO has set the price for single copies of ICD-O-3 at
$54.00. There is a 30% discount ($37.80) for 30 to 999 copies
shipped to a single address, and a 60% discount ($21.60)
for 1000 or more copies shipped to a single address. The
ICD-O-3 Editorial Committee has requested that WHO publish
the book in hardbound, softbound and electronic versions.
ICD-O-3 is available from the World Health Organization's
North American distributor, WHO Publications Center USA,
49 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.
- NCI SEER will ship soft-bound
copies of the ICD-O-3 manuals to SEER registries. NPCR will
also ship soft-bound copies of the ICD-O-3 manuals to NPCR
registries. Hard-bound copies will also be shipped. These
manuals will arrive in the SEER registries and NPCR registries
in December 2000 and January 2001.
- A full day training program was conducted at the National
Cancer Registrars Association meeting in May, 2000.
More than 160 registrars attended.
- A detailed technical overview of ICD-O-3 was published
in the November 2000 issue of the Journal
of Registry Management, the journal of the National
Cancer Registrars Association.
- The Uniform Data Standards Committee has also approved
two new data fields in the NAACCR record version 9 to accommodate
ICD-O-3 morphology codes and the manner in which that field
was filled (conversion, new diagnosis, etc.)
- In mid-August 2000, after the new terms and codes had
been finalized, an Excel file was made available to vendors
via the SEER web site. A password was required to control access to
the copyrighted terms and codes in the file. Information
about the availability of this file was disseminated through
the NAACCR listserv.
- Conversions:
ICD-O-3 to ICD-10 will be available in the near future
(electronic version, printed version, and conversion programs)
ICD-O-2 to ICD-O-3 will be available in the near future
(electronic version, printed version, and conversion programs)
ICD-O-3 to ICD-O-2 will be available in the near future
(electronic version, printed version, and conversion programs)
- The SEER Program via contract with Emory University has
developed this web-based training module. The National Cancer
Registrars Association has granted 3.0 Continuing Education
(C.E.) hours upon completion of this module.
- A satellite
teleconference on ICD-O-3, sponsored by the SEER
Program, took place on January 9, 2001 and was broadcasted
through the hospital satellite network.
- April Fritz, one of the editors of ICD-O-3, Dr. Timothy
Cote’, Medical Director of the SEER Program, and other qualified
speakers are making in-person presentations about ICD-O-3
to registry professional groups throughout the country.
Currently, completed and scheduled presentations
will reach registrar organizations in at least 32 states
and metropolitan areas and provincial registry personnel
in Canada. No reasonable request for an ICD-O-3 presentation
will be declined if staff time and funds are available during
this implementation period.
Keep an eye on (and even bookmark) this web site for future
developments.
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