Pancreas

Primary Site Histology
C250-C254, C257-C259 8000-8149, 8154, 8157, 8160-8231, 8243-8248, 8250-8682, 8690-8700, 8720-8790, 8971, 9700-9701

Notes

8000-8149, 8154, 8157, 8160-8231, 8243-8248, 8250-8682, 8690-8700, 8720-8790, 8971, 9700-9701

C250 Head of pancreas
C251 Body of pancreas
C252 Tail of pancreas
C253 Pancreatic duct
C254 Islets of Langerhans
C257 Other specified parts of pancreas
C258 Overlapping lesion of pancreas
C259 Pancreas, NOS

Note 1: The following sources were used in the development of this schema

  • 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 28 Exocrine Pancreas, 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: See the following schemas for the listed histologies

  • 8150-8153, 8155-8156, 8158, 8240-8242, 8249, 8683: NET Pancreas
  • 8710-8714, 8800-8803, 8810-8921, 8932-8934, 8940-8970, 8972-8990, 9000-9016, 9030-9043, 9045-9137, 9141-9230, 9240-9580, 9582: Soft Tissue Abdomen and Thoracic
  • 8804-8806, 8930-8931, 8991, 9020, 9044, 9231, 9581: Soft Tissue Other
  • 8935-8936: GIST
  • 9140: Kaposi Sarcoma

Note 3: For tumors of the islet cells, determine which subsite of the pancreas is involved and use that primary site code. If the subsite cannot be determined, use the general code for Islets of Langerhans, C254.

Data Items

Name Default Value Used for Staging NAACCR Item Required By Metadata
Year of Diagnosis <BLANK> No NAACCR #390 None
Primary Site <BLANK> Yes NAACCR #400 None
Histology <BLANK> Yes NAACCR #522 None
Behavior <BLANK> No NAACCR #523 None
Tumor Size Clinical <BLANK> No NAACCR #752 None
Tumor Size Pathological <BLANK> No NAACCR #754 None
Tumor Size Summary 999 Yes NAACCR #756 None
Regional Nodes Positive 99 Yes NAACCR #820 None
Regional Nodes Examined 99 No NAACCR #830 None
RX Summ Surgery/Radiation Sequence <BLANK> No NAACCR #1380 None
RX Summ Systemic/Surgery Sequence <BLANK> No NAACCR #1639 None
EOD Primary Tumor 999 Yes NAACCR #772 None
EOD Regional Nodes 999 Yes NAACCR #774 None
EOD Mets 00 Yes NAACCR #776 None
SS2018 <BLANK> No NAACCR #764 None
Grade Clinical 9 No NAACCR #3843 CCCR/Canada
COC
NPCR
SEER
SSDI
Grade Pathological 9 No NAACCR #3844 CCCR/Canada
COC
NPCR
SEER
SSDI
Grade Post Therapy <BLANK> No NAACCR #3845 CCCR/Canada
COC
NPCR
SEER
SSDI