Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Percent Necrosis Post Neoadjuvant

34101

yes 

SEER

Post Neoadj Chemo Percent Necrosis

3908

yes 

Note 1 Physician statement of microscopically confirmed Percent Necrosis Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy can be used to code this data item if no other documentation is available.

Note 2 Record percentage value of the tumor necrosis post neoadjuvant chemotherapy as recorded in the pathology report from resection of the primary tumor.

Note 3 Code XXX.9 if

  • Surgical resection of the primary site after neoadjuvant therapy is performed and there is no mention of percent necrosis
  • Surgical resection of the primary site is the initial therapy; therefore, no neoadjuvant therapy was performed

Code

Description

0.0

Tumor necrosis not identified/not present

0.1-100.0

0.1 - 100.0 percent tumor necrosis
(Percentage of tumor necrosis to nearest tenth of a percent)

XXX.2

Tumor necrosis present, percent not stated

XXX.8

Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code XXX.8 will result in an edit error.

XXX.9

Not documented in medical record
No histologic examined of primary site
No neoadjuvant therapy
No surgical resection of primary site is performed