Cutaneous Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Primary Site Histology
C000-C002, C006, C440, C442-C444 8000-8040, 8042-8180, 8191-8246, 8248-8700, 8940, 8982

Notes

8000-8040, 8042-8180, 8191-8246, 8248-8700, 8940, 8982

C000 Vermilion border of upper lip (excludes external upper lip)
C001 Vermilion border of lower lip (excludes external lower lip)
C002 Vermilion border of lip, NOS (excludes external lip, NOS)
C006 Commissure of lip
C440 Skin of lip, NOS
C442 External ear
C443 Skin of other and unspecified parts of face
C444 Skin of scalp and neck

Note 1: Sources 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 15 Cutaneous Carcinoma 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: Other EOD Schemas with skin sites

  • GIST: 8935-8936
  • Kaposi Sarcoma: 9140
  • Melanoma Skin: 8720-8790
  • Merkel cell skin: 8041, 8190, 8247
  • Mycosis Fungoides: 9700-9701
  • Soft Tissue Head and Neck: C000-C002, C006 (8710-8714, 8800-8803, 8810-8905, 8912, 8921, 8932-8934, 8941-8981, 8983-8990, 9000-9016, 9030-9043, 9045-9111, 9121-9138, 9141-9230, 9240-9580, 9582)
  • Soft Tissue Rare: C000-C002, C006 (8804-8806, 8910, 8920, 8930-8931, 8991, 9020, 9044, 9120, 9231, 9581)
  • Soft Tissue Other
    • C000-C002, C006 (8992)
    • C440, C442-C444 (8710-8714, 8800-8934, 8941-8981, 8983-9138, 9141-9582)

Note 3: Skin Other schema

  • See the Skin Other schema for the following skin primary sites
    • C445 Skin of trunk
    • C446 Skin of upper limb and shoulder
    • C447 Skin of lower limb and hip
    • C448 Skin of overlapping lesions
    • C449 Skin, NOS

Note 4: Overlapping sites

  • For skin cancers overlapping sites in the head and neck ONLY, assign the primary site code for the site where the bulk of the tumor is or where the epicenter is. Do not use code C448.

Data Items

Name Default Value Used in Derivation NAACCR Item Required By Metadata
Year of Diagnosis <BLANK> No NAACCR #390
dateOfDiagnosis 		None
Primary Site <BLANK> Yes NAACCR #400
primarySite 		None
Histology <BLANK> Yes NAACCR #522
histologicTypeIcdO3 		None
Behavior <BLANK> No NAACCR #523
behaviorCodeIcdO3 		None
Tumor Size Clinical <BLANK> No NAACCR #752
tumorSizeClinical 		None
Tumor Size Pathological <BLANK> No NAACCR #754
tumorSizePathologic 		None
Tumor Size Summary 999 Yes NAACCR #756
tumorSizeSummary 		None
Regional Nodes Positive 99 No NAACCR #820
regionalNodesPositive 		None
Regional Nodes Examined 99 No NAACCR #830
regionalNodesExamined 		None
RX Summ Surgery/Radiation Sequence <BLANK> No NAACCR #1380
rxSummSurgRadSeq 		None
RX Summ Systemic/Surgery Sequence <BLANK> No NAACCR #1639
rxSummSystemicSurSeq 		None
Neoadjuvant Therapy 9 No NAACCR #1632
neoadjuvantTherapy 		None
Neoadjuvant Therapy – Clinical Response 9 No NAACCR #1633
neoadjuvTherapyClinicalResponse 		None
Neoadjuvant Therapy – Treatment Effect 9 No NAACCR #1634
neoadjuvTherapyTreatmentEffect 		None
EOD Primary Tumor 999 Yes NAACCR #772
eodPrimaryTumor 		None
EOD Regional Nodes 999 Yes NAACCR #774
eodRegionalNodes 		None
EOD Mets 00 Yes NAACCR #776
eodMets 		None
SS2018 <BLANK> No NAACCR #764
summaryStage2018 		None
Grade Clinical 9 Yes NAACCR #3843
gradeClinical 		All SSDI
Grade Pathological 9 Yes NAACCR #3844
gradePathological 		All SSDI
Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc) <BLANK> No NAACCR #1068
gradePostTherapyClin 		COC
NPCR
SEER		 SSDI
Grade Post Therapy Path (yp) <BLANK> No NAACCR #3845
gradePostTherapy 		CCCR/Canada
COC
NPCR
SEER		 SSDI
Perineural Invasion 8 No NAACCR #3909
perineuralInvasion 		COC
SEER		 SSDI
LN Size XX.8 No NAACCR #3883
lnSize 		CCCR/Canada
COC
SEER		 SSDI
High Risk Features 8 No NAACCR #3858
highRiskHistologicFeatures 		COC
SEER		 SSDI