Site-Specific Factor 15

Extent of Liver Resection

Notes

**Note:** Since there is no serosa on the gallbladder on the side attached to the liver, a simple cholecystectomy may not completely remove a T2 tumor, even though such tumors are usually confined to the gallbladder. An important anatomic evaluation is that the serosa along the liver edge is more densely adherent to the liver (cystic plate) and much of this is often left behind at time of cholecystectomy. For this reason, partial hepatic resection incorporating portions of segments IVb and V is advocated for some cases.

Default

988

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2869
Code Description
010 Partial hepatectomy (one or more liver segments)
020 Wedge resection
030 Right or left hepatectomy (formal lobectomy)
040 Extended hepatectomy (right or left trisectionectomy or trisegmentectomy)
050 Liver resection, NOS
988 Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
998 No resection of liver
999 Unknown or no information
Not documented in patient record