Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc)

30141

yes 

SEER

Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc)

1068

yes 

Note 1 Leave Grade Post Therapy Clin (yc) blank when

  • No neoadjuvant therapy
  • Clinical or pathological case only
  • Neoadjuvant therapy completed, no microscopic exam is done prior to surgery/resection of primary tumor
  • There is only one grade available and it cannot be determined if it is clinical, pathological, post therapy clinical or post therapy pathological

Note 2 Assign the highest grade from the microscopically sampled specimen of the primary site following neoadjuvant therapy or primary systemic/radiation therapy.

Note 3 If there are multiple tumors with different grades abstracted as one primary, code the highest grade.

Note 4 Code 1 for stated as “low grade” only.

Note 5 Codes 1-3 take priority over H.

  • If “high grade” is documented and G2 (Moderately differentiated, high grade) or G3 (Poorly differentiated, high grade) are not documented, code H (high grade, NOS)

Note 6 G3 includes undifferentiated and anaplastic.

Note 7 Code 9 (unknown) when

  • Microscopic exam is done after neoadjuvant therapy and grade from the primary site is not documented
  • Microscopic exam is done after neoadjuvant therapy and there is no residual cancer
  • Grade checked “not applicable” on CAP Protocol (if available) and no other grade information is available

Note 8 If you are assigning an AJCC 8th edition stage group

  • Grade is required to assign stage group
  • Code H is treated as a G3 when assigning AJCC stage group
  • An unknown grade may result in an unknown stage group

Code

Description

1

G1: Well differentiated, low grade

2

G2: Moderately differentiated, high grade

3

G3: Poorly differentiated, high grade

H

Stated as "high grade" only

9

Grade cannot be assessed (GX); Unknown

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See Note 1