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: 07/23/XX
The first cancer-directed therapy (treatment given in an attempt to destroy or modify cancer tissue) was surgery (left radical orchiectomy) .
Code: 40
Radical orchiectomy (Excision of testicle with cord or cord not mentioned).
Code the most extensive surgery if the patient has multiple surgical procedures of the primary site.
Code: 0
No regional lymph nodes removed or aspirated.
Code: 0
None.
Code: 0
Surgery of the primary site was performed (left radical orchiectomy).



