AppendixE1-2021SEERProgramCodingandStagingManual
ReportableExamples
AsreferencedintheReportabilityinstructionsofthe2021SEERProgramCodingandStagingManual
ReportableMalignantExamples
#Diagnosis/ConditionNotes
1Atypicalfibroxanthoma(superficialmalignantfibrousTheinformationinparenthesesprovidesmoredetailandconfirmsareportablemalignancy.
histiocytoma)
2PositivehistologyfromneedlebiopsyfollowedbyThiscaseisreportablebasedonpositiveneedlebiopsy.
negativeresection
3Biopsy-provensquamouscellcarcinomaofthenippleThiscaseisreportable.Thefactthatnoresidualmalignancywasfoundinthelaterspecimendoes
withasubsequentareolarresectionshowingforeignnotdisprovethemalignancydiagnosedbythebiopsy.
bodygranulomatousreactiontosuturematerialandno
evidenceofresidualmalignancyinthenipple
4Ulceratedhistologicallymalignantspindlecellneoplasm,Atypicalfibroxanthomaisasuperficialformofamalignantfibroushistiocytoma.Thiscaseis
consistentwithatypicalfibroxanthoma;anexhaustivereportable.Thepathologisthasthefinalsayonbehaviorforaparticularcase.Inthiscase,the
immunohistochemicalwork-upshowsnomelanocytic,pathologiststatesthatthistumorismalignant.
epithelialorvasculardifferentiation
5AggressiveadultgranulosacelltumorwithoneoftwoThiscaseisreportablebecausemalignantgranulosacelltumorisreportable.Thelymphnode
lymphnodespositiveformalignantmetastaticgranulosametastasesprovemalignancy.
celltumor
6CarcinoidoftheappendixfoundonappendectomyCarcinoidtumor,NOSisreportable(8240/3).
7Microcarcinoidtumorsofthest