NAACCR Item #2820: CS Tumor Size/Ext Eval

Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
2,820 1 AJCC 2003 10

NAACCR XML: Tumor.csTumorSizeExtEval

Alternate Names
   CS Tumor Size/Extension Evaluation
   CS TS/Ext-Eval
Description

Records how the codes for the two items CS Tumor Size [2800] and CS Extension [2810] were determined, based on the diagnostic methods employed.

Rationale

This item is used by Collaborative Staging to describe whether the staging basis for the TNM-T code is clinical or pathological and to record applicable prefix and suffix descriptors used with TNM staging.