Summary Stage 2018: Melanoma Head and Neck
Summary Stage 2018
Notes
**Melanoma Head and Neck**
8720-8790 (C003-C005, C008-C069, C090-C148, C300-C329)
**Note 1:** The following sources were used in the development of this chapter
* SEER Extent of Disease 1988: Codes and Coding Instructions (3rd Edition, 1998) (https://seer.cancer.gov/archive/manuals/EOD10Dig.3rd.pdf)
* SEER Summary Staging Manual-2000: Codes and Coding Instructions (https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/ssm2000/)
* Collaborative Stage Data Collection System, version 02.05: https://cancerstaging.org/cstage/Pages/default.aspx
* Chapter 14 *Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck*, in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (2017) published by Springer International Publishing. Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
**Note 2:** Mucosal melanomas occur throughout the mucosa of the lip and oral cavity (C003-C005, C008-C069, C090-C148) and the nasal cavity and middle ear (C300-C301), accessory sinuses (C310-C319) and the larynx (C320-C329). For a more detailed description of anatomy, refer to the appropriate Summary Stage 2018 chapter based on the location of the mucosal melanoma.
**Note 3:** Code 1 for localized tumors when no other information is available or for extension involving the mucosa only of adjacent sites.
**Note 4:** Extension involving the deeper tissues of the primary or adjacent sites are either regional or distant, depending on the involvement.
* Code 2 for regional when the only information available is "deep tissue involvement."
**Note 5:** The description of lymph nodes has been standardized across the head and neck chapters. Levels I-VII and the "other" lymph nodes are regional (code 3).
| SS2018 |
Description |
| 0 |
In situ: noninvasive, intraepithelial |
| 1 |
Localized only (localized, NOS)
- Confined to site of origin, NOS
- Mucosa WITH or WITHOUT soft tissue (immediately underlying) |
| 2 |
Regional by direct extension only
- Deep soft tissue involvement
- Moderately advanced disease, NOS
- Overlying skin |
| 3 |
Regional lymph node(s) involved only
- Level I
+ Level IA - Submental
+ Level IB - Submandibular (submaxillary), sublingual
- Level II - Upper jugular
+ Jugulodigastric (subdigastric)
+ Upper deep cervical
+ Level IIA - Anterior
+ Level IIB - Posterior
- Level III - Middle jugular
+ Middle deep cervical
- Level IV - Lower jugular
+ Jugulo-omohyoid (supraomohyoid)
+ Lower deep cervical
+ Virchow node
- Level V - Posterior triangle group
+ Posterior cervical
+ Level VA - Spinal accessory
+ Level VB - Transverse cervical, supraclavicular
- Level VI - Anterior compartment group
+ Laterotracheal
+ Paralaryngeal
+ Paratracheal - above suprasternal notch
+ Perithyroidal
+ Precricoid (Delphian)
+ Prelaryngeal
+ Pretracheal - above suprasternal notch
+ Recurrent laryngeal
- Level VII - Superior mediastinal group (for other mediastinal node(s) see code 7)
+ Esophageal groove
+ Paratracheal - below suprasternal notch
+ Pretracheal - below suprasternal notch
- Other groups
+ Cervical, NOS
+ Deep cervical, NOS
+ Facial
* Buccinator (buccal)
* Mandibular
* Nasolabial
+ Internal jugular, NOS
+ Parapharyngeal
+ Parotid
* Infraauricular
* Intraparotid
* Periparotid
* Preauricular
+ Retroauricular (mastoid)
+ Retropharyngeal
+ Suboccipital
- Regional lymph node(s), NOS
+ Lymph node(s), NOS |
| 4 |
Regional by BOTH direct extension AND regional lymph node(s) involved
- Codes (2) + (3) |
| 7 |
Distant site(s)/lymph node(s) involved
- Distant site(s) (including further contiguous extension)
+ Bone
+ Brain
+ Cartilage
+ Carotid artery
+ Deep extrinsic muscle of tongue
* Genioglossus
* Hyoglossus
* Palatoglossus
* Styloglossus
+ Dura
+ Lower cranial nerves (IX, X, XI, XII)
+ Masticator space
+ Mediastinal structures
+ Prevertebral space
+ Skull base
+ Very advanced disease, NOS
- Distant lymph node(s), NOS
+ Mediastinal (excluding superior mediastinal node(s))
- Distant metastasis, NOS
+ Carcinomatosis
+ Distant metastasis WITH or WITHOUT distant lymph node(s) |
| 9 |
Unknown if extension or metastasis |
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