Grade Post Therapy

Notes

**Note 1:** Leave post-therapy grade blank when * No neoadjuvant therapy * Clinical or pathological case only * There is only one grade available and it cannot be determined if it is clinical, pathological or post-therapy **Note 2:** Assign the highest grade from the resected primary tumor assessed after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy. **Note 3:** Codes 1-4 take priority over A-D, L and H. **Note 4:** CNS WHO classifications use a grading scheme that is a “malignancy scale” ranging across a wide variety of neoplasms rather than a strict histologic grading system that can be applied equally to all tumor types. * Code the WHO grading system for selected tumors of the CNS as noted in the AJCC 8th edition Table 72.2 where WHO grade is not documented in the record **Note 5:** Code 9 when * Surgical resection is done after neoadjuvant therapy and grade from the primary site is not documented * Grade checked “not applicable” on CAP Protocol (if available) and no other grade information is available

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #3845

Metadata

SSDI
Code Description
1 WHO Grade I : Circumscribed tumors of low proliferative potential associated with the possibility of cure following resection
2 WHO Grade II: Infiltrative tumors with low proliferative potential with increased risk of recurrence
3 WHO Grade III: Tumors with histologic evidence of malignancy, including nuclear atypia and mitotic activity, associated with an aggressive clinical course
4 WHO Grade IV: Tumors that are cytologically malignant, mitotically active, and associated with rapid clinical progression and potential for dissemination
L Stated as “low grade” NOS
H Stated as “high grade” NOS
A Well differentiated
B Moderately differentiated
C Poorly differentiated
D Undifferentiated, anaplastic
9 Grade cannot be assessed (GX); Unknown
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