* indicates required field
Length: 3
Source of Standard: AJCC
Section Name: Stage/Prognostic Factors
Year Implemented: 2003
Version Implemented: 10
Record Types: A, M, C, I
XML NAACCR ID: csSiteSpecificFactor1
Parent XML Element: Tumor
Required Status:
NPCR Collect: RH* - Historically collected and currently transmitted when available
CoC Collect: RH - Historically collected and currently transmitted
SEER Collect: RH - Historically collected and currently transmitted
CCCR Collect: RH* - Historically collected and currently transmitted when available
Description:
Identifies additional information needed to generate stage, or prognostic factors that have an effect on stage or survival.
Rationale:
Site-specific factors are used to record additional staging information needed by Collaborative Staging to derive TNM and/or SEER Summary Stage codes for particular site-histology schema.
Format:
Right justified, zero filled
Item Data Type:
digits
Allowable Values
000-999 (site-specific)
Codes:
The information recorded in CS Site-Specific Factor 1 differs for each anatomic site. See the most current version of the Collaborative Stage Data Collection System (http://cancerstaging.org),^13^ for rules and site-specific codes and coding structures.