Summary Stage 2018: Brain
Summary Stage 2018
Notes
**Brain**
**Malignant histologies (/3):**
* 8000-8803, 8810-8858, 8860-8900, 8902-8905, 8921, 8932-8934, 8940-8990, 8992, 9000-9016, 9030-9043, 9045-9221, 9230, 9240-9365, 9370-9580, 9582
* ***Note:** For 2023+, the following histologies are collected in the Medulloblastoma Summary Stage chapter: 9362, 9470-9478, 9501-9504, 9508*
**Benign/Borderline histologies (/0, /1):**
* 8000-9582
C700, C710-C719
C700: Cerebral meninges
C710: Cerebrum
C711: Frontal lobe
C712: Temporal lobe
C713: Parietal lobe
C714: Occipital lobe
C715: Ventricle, NOS
C716: Cerebellum, NOS
C717: Brain stem
C718: Overlapping lesion of brain
C719: Brain, NOS
**Note 1:** **Sources 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 72 *Brain and Spinal Cord*, 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.
* Brain and Spinal Cord, from the AJCC Cancer Staging System Version 9 (2022). Used with permission of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
**Note 2:** **Medulloblastoma**
* For diagnoses January 1, 2023, and forward, the following histologies will be collected in the Medulloblastoma Summary Stage chapter
* 9362, 9470-9478, 9501-9504, 9508
**Note 3:** **Other Summary Stage Chapters with Brain sites (/3 only)**
* **GIST**: 8935-8936
* **Soft Tissue**: 8804-8806, 8859, 8901, 8910-8920, 8930-8931, 8991, 9020, 9044, 9222, 9231, 9366-9368, 9581
**Note 4:** **Only staging system**
* Summary Stage is the only applicable staging system for this site/histology/schema.
**Note 5:** **Benign/Borderline tumors**
* Benign (/0) or Borderline (/1) tumors **are always coded to 8** regardless of size, extension to adjacent sites, or multiple tumors
**Note 6:** **Not applicable codes**
* Codes 0, 3, and 4 are not applicable for this chapter.
**Note 7:** **Infratentorial and Supratentorial**
* The tentorium cerebelli is an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes.
* The location of the tumor above or below the tentorium can help in determining the type of tumor; also, most adult brain tumors are supratentorial, and most pediatric brain tumors are infratentorial.
* In the following list, note that ICD-O-3 codes C710 and C719 include both supratentorial and infratentorial subsites.
- The following subsites are **Infratentorial**
* All subsites for codes C716-C717
* Hypothalamus (C710)
* Pallium (C710)
* Posterior cranial fossa (C719)
* Thalamus (C710)
- The following subsites are **Supratentorial**
* All subsites for codes C711-C715
* Primary site C710 (excluding hypothalamus, pallium, thalamus)
* Anterior cranial fossa (C719)
* Corpus callosum (C718)
* Middle cranial fossa (C719)
* Tapetum (C718)
* Suprasellar (C719)
**Note 8:** **Midline shift**
* A midline shift is not the same thing as crossing the midline (code 2).
* Documentation must state “crossing/crosses the midline”
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| SS2018 |
Description |
| 1 |
**Localized only (localized, NOS)**
* Confined to brain, NOS
* Confined to meninges, NOS
* Confined to ventricles
- Tumor invades or encroaches upon ventricular system
* Infratentorial tumor confined to
- Brain stem or meninges of brain stem (one side)
+ Medulla oblongata
+ Midbrain (mesencephalon)
+ Pons
- Cerebellum or meninges of cerebellum (one side or midline)
+ Lateral lobes
+ Median lobe of cerebellum
+ Vermis
- Hypothalamus
- Thalamus
* Infratentorial tumor
- Both cerebellum and brain stem involved with tumor on one side
* Supratentorial tumor confined to
- Cerebral hemisphere (cerebrum) or meninges of cerebral hemisphere (one side)
+ Frontal lobe
+ Occipital lobe
+ Parietal lobe
+ Temporal lobe |
| 2 |
**Regional by direct extension only**
Tumor crosses the midline
* All sites
- Bone (skull)
- Contralateral hemisphere
- Corpus callosum (including splenium)
- Major blood vessel(s)
- Meninges (e.g., dura)
- Nerves (cranial, NOS)
- Spinal cord/canal
* Supratentorial tumor extends/invades infratentorially to involve
- Brain stem
- Cerebellum
- Hypothalamus
- Pallium
- Posterior cranial fossa
- Thalamus
* Infratentorial tumor extends/invades supratentorially to involve
- Anterior cranial fossa
- Cerebrum (cerebral hemisphere) (excluding hypothalamus, pallium, thalamus)
- Corpus callosum
- Middle cranial fossa
- Suprasellar brain
- Tapetum |
| 7 |
**Distant site(s)/lymph node(s) involved**
* Distant site(s) (including further contiguous extension)
- Circulating cells in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
- Nasal cavity
- Nasopharynx
- Other direct extension outside CNS
- Posterior pharynx
* Distant lymph node(s), NOS
* Distant metastasis, NOS
- Carcinomatosis
- Distant metastasis WITH or WITHOUT distant lymph node(s)
- Metastasis within CNS and CSF pathways
+ "Drop" metastasis
+ Extra-neural metastasis
+ Metastasis outside the CNS |
| 8 |
**Benign or borderline brain**
* Behavior is /0 or /1 |
| 9 |
Unknown if extension or metastasis |
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