NAACCR Item #3842: Gleason Tertiary Pattern

Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
3842 2 NAACCR 2018 18
NAACCR XML: Tumor.gleasonTertiaryPattern
Description
Prostate cancers are graded using Gleason score or pattern. This data item represents the tertiary pattern value from a radical prostatectomy or autopsy.
Rationale
Tertiary Gleason pattern on prostatectomy is a Registry Data Collection Variable for AJCC. This data item was previously collected as Prostate, CS SSF# 11.
Codes
10 Tertiary pattern 1
20 Tertiary pattern 2
30 Tertiary pattern 3
40 Tertiary pattern 4
50 Tertiary pattern 5
X7 No radical prostatectomy/autopsy performed
X8 Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code X8 may result in an edit error.)
X9 Not documented in medical record Gleason Tertiary Pattern not assessed or unknown if assessed
Code Notes
Each Site-Specific Data Item (SSDI) applies only to selected primary sites, histologies, and years of diagnosis. Depending on applicability and standard-setter requirements, SSDIs may be left blank.