Site & Histology Exercise
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Site Code: C64.9
Partial nephrectomy path report confirms imaging studies indicating left kidney, NOS (renal parenchyma) as primary site.
Histology Code: 8312/31
Wedge resection path report states Grade 1 renal cell carcinoma. Code histologic grade = 1. See page 95 of the SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004 for prioritization rules among different grading systems for kidney cancer.