SEER Coding and Staging Manuals
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2012
Released August 21, 2012
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The 2012 manual is to be used for cases diagnosed January 1, 2012 and forward.
Summary of Changes (PDF) provides the list of changes included in this release.
- SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2012 (PDF - 167 pages)
- Appendix A - County Codes (PDF - 13 pages)
- Appendix B - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes (PDF - 17 pages)
- Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules
- Appendix D - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics (PDF - 30 pages)
Other Manuals
- Collaborative Staging
- SEER Summary Staging Manual - 2000
- Historical Staging and Coding Manuals
- Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Disease
Note: Previous versions of the SEER Program Coding and Staging Manuals are available for download from the Historical Staging and Coding Manuals page.
See the SEER Research Data pages to find out how to access the SEER data.