Treatment (Set 1)
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(Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004 (PDF), pgs 169-201 and Appendix C for Surgery of Primary Site codes; FORDS Manual (PDF), pgs 129-191 and Appendix B for Surgery of Primary Site codes.)
Code: 01/21/XX
The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was the transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB)
Code: 27
Excisional biopsy (TURB) Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004 (PDF), Site-Specific Coding Modules, Appendix C, pg. C-607.
Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site.
Code: 0
No regional lymph nodes removed
Code: 0
None.
Code: 0
Surgery of the primary site was performed.



