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: 10/05/XX
The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was the right colectomy.
Code: 40
Subtotal colectomy, including right or left colectomy. Removal of a short portion of the distal ileum is not coded as removal of a contiguous organ. (Reference: SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004 (PDF), Appendix C, pg. C-229).
Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site.
Code: 5
4 or more regional lymph nodes removed.
Code: 0
Surgery of the primary site was performed.