Standard Treatment
Generally the treatment of choice is surgery unless the tumor
is in an inaccessible or delicate area, such as in speech,
vision, or motor control area. Some tumors are so aggressive
that they also need radiation therapy.
S = Surgery
R = Radiation therapy
C = Chemotherapy
( ) = Optional treatments
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| Astrocytoma, noninfil. |
S(+R) |
| Astrocytoma, anaplastic |
S+R |
| Astrocytoma, high grade |
S+R(+C) |
| Glioblastoma multiforme |
S+R+C |
| Brain stem glioma |
R |
| Ependymoma, w-d |
S(+R) |
| Ependymoma, anaplastic |
S+R |
| Oligodendroglioma |
S(+R) |
| Oligodendroglioma, anaplastic |
S+R(+C) |
| Mixed glioma |
S+R(+C) |
| Medulloblastoma |
S(+R) |
| Pineal parenchymal tumor |
S+R(+C) |
| CNS germ cell tumor |
S(+R) |
| Craniopharyngioma |
S(+R) |
| Meningioma, w-d |
S(+R) |
| Meningioma, malignant |
S+R |
Surgery Codes
CNS sites included in brain related sites fall under 2 separate
surgery schemes. BRAIN and ALL Others. The Brain codes include
the brain and spinal cord as well as the meninges. The Other
Sites include the pitutitary and pineal glands & the craniopharyngeal
duct.
The following Surgical Procedure of Primary Site codes are
used when the primary site is meninges, brain, spinal cord,
cranial nerves, or other parts of the CNS. (C70-0-C70.9, C71.0-C71.9,
C72.0-C72.9)
- 10 -- Tumor destruction NOS
- 20 -- Local Tumor Excision, NOS
- 40 -- Partial resection
- 55 -- Gross total resection
- 90 -- Surgery, NOS
The following Surgical Procedure of Primary Site codes are
used when the site is pituitary gland (C75.1), craniopharyngeal
duct (C75.2), or pineal gland (C75.3). They are the surgery
codes used for all other sites.
- 10 -- Local tumor destruction, NOS
- 20 -- Local tumor excision, NOS
- 40 -- total surgical removal of the primary site
- 50 -- Surgery stated to be “debulking”
- 60 --Radical surgery
- 90 -- Surgery, NOS
Other surgical data fields are completed for CNS tumors as
they are for other malignant primaries. Directions for coding
the surgical data fields can be found in FORDS
manual.
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