CS Site-Specific Factor 2

This input is used for staging

Ulceration

Notes

**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.

Default

999

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2890

Metadata

CCCR_ESSENTIAL_FOR_TNM_CLASSIFICATION
NPCR_REQUIRED_WHEN_AVAILABLE_2011_FORWARD
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