* indicates required field
Length: 1
Source of Standard: SEER
Section Name: Stage/Prognostic Factors
Year Implemented: 2018
Version Implemented: 16
Record Types: A, M, C, I
XML NAACCR ID: summaryStage2018
Parent XML Element: Tumor
Alternate Names:
- Directly Assigned SS2018
Required Status:
NPCR Collect: R - Required
CoC Collect: . - No recommendations
SEER Collect: R* - Required, when available
CCCR Collect: . - No recommendations
Description:
This item stores the directly assigned Summary Stage 2018. Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/2018+.
Rationale:
The SEER program has collected staging information on cases since its inception in 1973. Summary Stage groups cases into broad categories of in situ, local, regional, and distant. Summary Stage can be used to evaluate disease spread at diagnosis, treatment patterns and outcomes over time.
General Notes:
Note: This data item was included in Standards Volume II, Version 16; however, it was not implemented until 2018.
Item Data Type:
digits
Allowable Values
0-4, 7-9
Codes:
0 |
In situ |
|---|---|
1 |
Localized only |
2 |
Regional by direct extension only |
3 |
Regional lymph nodes only |
4 |
Regional by BOTH direct extension AND lymph node involvement |
7 |
Distant site(s)/node(s) involved |
8 |
Benign/borderline* |
9 |
Unknown if extension or metastasis (unstaged, unknown, or unspecified) |
Code Notes:
*Applicable for the following SS2018 chapters: Brain, CNS Other, Intracranial Gland.
Note: For SS2018, code 5 for “Regional, NOS” can no longer be coded. Code 5 (Regional, NOS) is still applicable.