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Source of Standard: SEER/CoC
Section Name: Cancer Identification
Record Types: A, M, C, I

XML NAACCR ID: laterality

Parent XML Element: Tumor

Alternate Names:

  • Laterality at Diagnosis (SEER)

Required Status:

NPCR Collect: R - Required
CoC Collect: R - Required
SEER Collect: R - Required
CCCR Collect: R - Required

Description:

Code for the side of a paired organ, or the side of the body on which the reportable tumor originated. This applies to the primary site only.

Item Data Type:

digits

Allowable Values

0-5, 9

Codes:

0

Not a paired site

1

Right: origin of primary

2

Left: origin of primary

3

Only one side involved, right or left origin unspecified

4

Bilateral involvement at time of diagnosis, lateral origin unknown for a single primary; or both ovaries involved simultaneously, single histology; bilateral retinoblastomas; bilateral Wilms' tumors

5

Paired site: midline tumor

9

Paired site, but no information concerning laterality