Collaborative Stage Data Set - Revised 11/02/2010 FINAL

KidneyParenchyma

CS Site-Specific Factor 5
Histologic Tumor Necrosis

Note 1: Tumor necrosis is an independent predictor of outcome for renal cell carcinoma.
Note 2: Record the presence or absence of tumor necrosis as documented in the pathology report. Assign code 000 if histologic examination of primary site is performed, the pathology report is available for review, and histologic tumor necrosis is not mentioned.

Code	Description
000	Histologic tumor necrosis not present/not identified
010	Histologic tumor necrosis present/identified
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.)
998	No histologic examination of primary site
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record