Percent Necrosis Post Neoadjuvant
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of microscopically confirmed Percent Necrosis Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy can be used to code this data item if no other documentation is available.
**Note 2:** Record percentage value of the tumor necrosis post neoadjuvant chemotherapy as recorded in the pathology report from resection of the primary tumor.
**Note 3:** Code XXX.9 if:
* Surgical resection of the primary site after neoadjuvant therapy is performed and there is no mention of percent necrosis
* Surgical resection of the primary site is the initial therapy; therefore, no neoadjuvant therapy was performed
Default
XXX.8
Metadata
SSDI
| Code |
Description |
| 0.0 |
Tumor necrosis not identified/not present |
| 0.1-100.0 |
0.1 - 100.0 percent tumor necrosis
(Percentage of tumor necrosis to nearest tenth of a percent) |
| XXX.2 |
Tumor necrosis present, percent not stated |
| XXX.8 |
Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code XXX.8 will result in an edit error. |
| XXX.9 |
Not documented in medical record
No histologic examined of primary site
No neoadjuvant therapy
No surgical resection of primary site is performed |
