CS Extension
Notes
**Note 1**: In the case of multiple simultaneous tumors, code the tumor with the greatest extension. **Note 2**: Skin ulceration does not alter the AJCC T category. **Note 3**: In-transit metastasis is coded in CS Lymph Nodes. **Note 4**: The assignment of the T1, T2, and T3 categories for Merkel cell carcinomas is based on tumor size. A physician's statement of the T category may be used to code both CS Tumor Size and/or CS Extension if this is the only information in the medical record regarding one or both of these fields. However the two fields are coded independently; for example, the record may document size but not extension. Use codes 600, 610, 620, and 810 as appropriate to code CS Extension based on a statement of T when no other extension information is available.| Code | Description | AJCC 7 T | AJCC 6 T | Summary Stage 1977 T | Summary Stage 2000 T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | In situ, intraepidermal, intraepithelial, noninvasive | Tis | Tis | IS | IS |
| 100 | Lesion(s) confined to dermis | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 400 | Localized, NOS | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 500 | Subcutaneous tissue (through entire dermis) | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 600 | Stated as T1 with no other information on extension | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 610 | Stated as T2 with no other information on extension | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 620 | Stated as T3 with no other information on extension | Extension Size | Extension Size | L | L |
| 680 | Fascia | T4 | T4 | D | RE |
| 700 | Underlying cartilage, bone, skeletal muscle | T4 | T4 | D | RE |
| 800 | Further contiguous extension | T4 | T4 | D | D |
| 810 | Stated as T4 with no other information on extension | T4 | T4 | D | D |
| 950 | No evidence of primary tumor | T0 | T0 | U | U |
| 999 | Unknown; extension not stated Primary tumor cannot be assessed Not documented in patient record |
TX | TX | U | U |