Collaborative Stage

Note 1: Tumor deposits are defined as one or more satellite peritumoral nodules in the pericolorectal adipose tissue of a primary carcinoma without histologic evidence of residual lymph node in the nodule may represent discontinuous spread, venous invasion with extravascular spread or a totally replaced lymph node.
Note 2: Record the number of of tumor deposits whether or not there are positive lymph nodes. Assign code 000 if surgical resection of primary site is performed, pathology report is available for review, and tumor deposits are not mentioned.

Code	Description
000	None
001-080	1-80 Tumor Deposits (code exact number of tumor deposits)
081	Greater than 80 Tumor Deposits
888	OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0200 See code 988: Not applicable for this site.
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.)
990	Tumor deposits identified, number unknown
999	Unknown if tumor deposits are present Not documented in patient record

CS Site-Specific Factor 4
Tumor Deposits