"Dead" coding for use with ICD-8 SEER cause-specific death with Sequence numbers 01-59. Prior to the 1973-2011 SEER Research Data (November 2013 submission), this was also done for Sequence number 61.

Site recode ICD-O-3/WHO 2008 Unknown Primary & Secondary Site Site-specific
Oral Cavity and Pharynx 199 140-149, 160.2-160.9, 170.0, 171.0, 171.9, 173.0, 173.3, 173.4, 173.9, 195.9, 210, 215, 216.9, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5, 232.2, 239.0
Esophagus 199 150-151, 153.6, 159, 211.0, 230.0, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 239.0, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Stomach 199 150-151, 153.6, 159, 211.1, 230.1, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 239.0, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Small Intestine 199 152-155, 159, 197.4, 197.8, 211.2, 230.2, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Colon and Rectum 199 152-155, 159, 197.5, 197.8, 211, 230.3-230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-543, 560-562, 563.1, 567.9, 568, 569, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Anus, Anal Canal and Anorectum 199 152-155, 159, 173.6, 197.5, 211, 216.9, 230.3-230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 232.2, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct 199 153.6, 155, 159, 197.7, 197.8, 211.5, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 570-573, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Gallbladder 199 153.6, 156, 159, 211.5, 211.9, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 574-576, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9, 998.9
Other Biliary 199 153.6, 156, 159, 211.5, 211.9, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 574-576, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9, 998.9
Pancreas 199 153.6, 157, 159, 211.6, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 577, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Retroperitoneum 199 153.6, 158-159, 197.6, 211.7, 211.9, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Peritoneum, Omentum and Mesentery 199 153.6, 158-159, 197.6, 211.7, 211.9, 230.3, 230.5, 230.7, 230.9, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Other Digestive Organs 199 153.6, 159, 197.9, 211.9, 230, 239.0, 444.2, 530-537, 560-562, 563.1, 569.9, 784.5, 785.7, 990.9
Nose, Nasal Cavity and Middle Ear 199 160, 162.0, 162.1, 163.9, 173.2, 212.0, 216.9, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5, 232.0, 232.1
Larynx 199 161-162, 163.9, 212.1, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5
Lung and Bronchus 199 161-162, 163.9, 197.0, 212.2-212.5, 212.9, 215, 226.1, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5
Pleura 199 162.0, 163.0, 163.1, 163.9, 171.1, 194.2, 197.2, 212.9, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5
Trachea, Mediastinum and Other Respiratory Organs 199 161-163, 170, 171.1, 194.2, 197.0-197.3, 212.2, 212.9, 230.9, 231.0, 231.1, 231.3, 231.5, 239.1
Bones and Joints 199 170, 198.5, 213.9, 232.0
Soft Tissue including Heart 199 171, 192.2, 192.9, 212.9, 213.9, 214-215, 226.1, 239.9
Melanoma of the Skin 199 172-173, 198.2, 216.9, 232.2
Other Non-Epithelial Skin 199 172-173, 198.2, 208, 216.9, 232.2, 757.2
Breast 199 173.6, 174, 216.9, 217, 232.2, 233, 610-611, 786.7
Cervix Uteri 199 180, 182-184, 218-219, 220.1, 221.2, 234.0, 234.9, 235, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Corpus and Uterus, NOS 199 180, 182-184, 218-219, 220.1, 221.2, 234.9, 235, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Ovary 199 180, 182-184, 198.9, 219, 220.1, 220.9, 221.2, 234.9, 235, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Vagina 199 180, 182-184, 219, 220.1, 221, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Vulva 199 180, 182-184, 219, 220.1, 221, 234, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Other Female Genital Organs 199 180, 182-184, 218-219, 220.1, 221, 234.9, 235, 236.9, 596.0, 607.7, 612-614, 615.0, 615.2-615.9, 616.0-616.1, 616.9, 620, 622, 623.0, 623.3-623.9, 624-625, 626.6, 629.9
Prostate 199 185-187, 237.0, 237.2, 600-607, 786.6
Testis 199 185-187, 222.0, 237.0, 237.2, 600-607, 786.6
Penis 199 185-187, 222.1, 237.0-237.2, 600-607, 786.6
Other Male Genital Organs 199 185-187, 216.9, 222.8, 222.9, 237.0, 237.2, 600-607, 786.6
Urinary Bladder 199 188-189, 198.1, 223.3, 237.6, 444.3, 580, 582, 593.1-593.5, 599
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 199 188-189, 198.1, 223-224, 237.3, 237.6, 237.9, 444.3, 580, 582, 593.1-593.5, 599
Ureter 199 188-189, 223.2, 237.3, 237.9, 580, 582, 593.1, 593.2
Other Urinary Organs 199 188-189, 223.8-223.9, 237.0, 237.2, 237.9, 580, 582, 593.1, 593.2, 600
Eye and Orbit 199 190, 216.9, 224, 232.1, 232.2, 238.0, 239.9
Brain and Other Nervous System 199 191, 192.0-192.2, 192.9, 198.3, 198.4, 225, 226.2, 239.1
Thyroid 199 193, 226.0, 226.2-226.9, 239.1, 239.9, 241.9
Other Endocrine including Thymus 199 194, 198.9, 226, 231.5, 232.1, 239.1, 239.9
Hodgkin Lymphoma 199 196, 200-209, 227.2, 228, 279, 695.9, 757.2
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 199 196, 200-209, 227.2, 228, 279, 695.9, 757.2
Myeloma 199 203, 207.9, 279
Leukemia 199 200, 202-204, 206.9, 207.9, 209, 226.2, 238.1, 238.9, 239.1, 279, 695.9, 743.4, 757.2
Mesothelioma 199 162-163, 171.1, 194.2
Kaposi Sarcoma 199 757.2
Miscellaneous 199 140-198, 200-209, 275.9, 284, 757.2

In addition, Melanoma of any site (8720-8799) with a cause of death of 172, 216.9, or 232.2 is coded as "dead." HIV, and HIV with cancer, codes did not exist in ICD-8.