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Unit One: Overview

• Overview
  • Multiple Primaries and Histology Coding Rules Project Timeline
  • History of Multiple Primaries and Histology Coding Rules Committee
  • Histology Committee Membership
• Quiz on Overview

Unit Two: Rationale for New Rules

• Why New Rules Are Necessary
  • Multiple Primaries and Histology Coding Exercise
• Why Site-specific New Rules Are Necessary
  • Detailed discussion of known issues in existing rules for various site-specific group

Unit Three: What Are the Major Changes?

• Overview of Changes
• How Often Do the New Rules Apply?

Unit Four: Format of New Rules

• Format of the New Rules
• Just-for-Fun Learning Styles Quiz

Unit Five: Using the New Rules

• When and How to Use the New Rules
• Equivalent or Equal Terms
• Definitions
• Site-specific Equivalent Terms, Definitions, Tables and Illustrations
• Determining Multiple Primaries for Solid Malignant Tumors—How to Use the Multiple Primary Rules
• Histology Coding Rules—How to Use the Histology Coding Rules

Unit Six: Putting It All Together

• Putting It All Together
• Colon Practice Case
• Breast Practice Case
• Rework Multiple Primaries and Histology Coding Exercise Using 2007 MPH
  Rules