Collaborative Stage Data Set - Revised 05/26/2013 FINAL

MelanomaSkin

CS Site-Specific Factor 2
Ulceration

Note 1: Melanoma ulceration is the absence of an intact epidermis overlying the primary melanoma based upon histopathological examination.
Note 2: If there is no documentation or no mention of ulceration in the pathology report, assume ulceration is not present and code 000.

Code	Description
000	No ulceration present
001	OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0203 See code 010 Ulceration present
010	Ulceration present
988	Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code 988 will result in an edit error.)
999	Unknown or no information Not documented in patient record