Collaborative Stage Data Set - Revised 11/10/2010 FINAL

KaposiSarcoma

CS Site-Specific Factor 3
Ulceration and Edema

Note 1: Tumor associated edema or ulceration is considered a poor risk.
Note 2: Tumor associated edema or ulceration is usually histologically confirmed and documented in the pathology report. If tumor associated edema or ulceration is diagnosed clinically without pathologic confirmation, use code 040.
Note 3: If there is no documentation or no mention of ulceration or edema in the pathology report or clinical examination, assume ulceration and edema are not present and use code 000.

Code	Description
000	No ulceration or edema present
010	Ulceration present
020	Edema present
030	Ulceration and edema present
040	Clinical diagnosis of edema and/or ulceration
888	OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0200 See code 988: Not applicable for this schema
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.)
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record