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: 04/26/XX
The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was surgery.
Code: 27
Excisional biopsy. A single procedure was done (stated to be a wide excision), but the margin is less than 1 centimeter. If the excision does not have microscopically negative margins greater than 1 cm, use the appropriate code 20-36.
Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site.
Code: 2
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Code: 0
Surgery of the primary site was performed (excision of right cheek lesion)