Collaborative Stage

Collaborative Stage for TNM 7 - Revised 11/12/2010 [ Schema ]

CS Site-Specific Factor 20
Assessment of Positive Distant Metastases

Note 1: Code the assessment method used for determining the presence of metastasis as coded in CS Mets at DX, CS Mets at DX - Bone, CS Mets at DX - Brain, CS Mets at DX - Liver, and CS Mets at DX - Lung. If CS Mets at DX is coded as 00 (no positive metastasis), this field must be coded 000.
Note 2: If multiple methods of assessments determined positive metastases, use the highest code that applies. See CSv2 General Rules Part I for types of tests to be included.

Code	Description
000	No positive metastases identified
010	Physical examination or laboratory tests only
020	Radiography,imaging: Ultrasound (US) Computed tomography scan (CT) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Positron emission tomography scan (PET)
030	Incisional biopsy; fine needle aspiration (FNA)
040	Excisional biopsy or resection with microscopic confirmation
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code 988 may result in an edit error.)
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record