Collaborative Stage

Collaborative Stage for TNM 7 - Revised 11/02/2010 [ Schema ]

CS Site-Specific Factor 4
Sarcomatoid Features

Note 1: Sarcomatoid morphology may be manifested by any renal cell carcinoma. The presence of sarcomatoid component in a renal cell carcinoma may be prognostically important.
Note 2: Record the presence or absence of sarcomatoid features as documented anywhere in the pathology report. Assign code 000 if pathologic examination of the primary site is performed, the pathology report is available for review, and sarcomatoid features are not mentioned.

Code	Description
000	Sarcomatoid features not present/not identified
010	Sarcomatoid features present/identified
888	OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0200 See code 988 Not applicable for this schema
987	Not applicable: Not a renal cell carcinoma morphology
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (May include cases converted from code 888 used in CSv1 for "Not applicable" or when the item was not collected. If this item is required to derive T, N, M, or any stage, use of code 988 may result in an error.)
998	No pathologic examination of primary site
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record