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20120039 Primary site/Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasms: What site do I code this to and what rule applies? How did you arrive at this? Please advise. See discussion. Final May 11 2012
20120038 Histology/Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasms: Is there a relevant term to code this case?

A diagnostic report indicates Monoclonal B Lymphocytosis of Uncertain Significance (MLUS), not Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS). This term is not referenced in ICDO or SEER Heme database.

Final May 11 2012
20120037 Primary site/Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasm: What is the topography code for Primary Effusion Lymphoma? Patient had pleural and pericardial effusion and pleural fluid was positive for Lymphoma. Final May 11 2012
20120036 Primary site/Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasms: Would the primary site be coded to C809 or C779?

Patient with known mantle cell lymphoma in history on path report. Bone marrow biopsy read at my facility without involvement of bone marrow. There is no information concerning where lymphoma originated.

Final May 11 2012
20120035 Reportability--Pancreas: Are well differentiated pancreatic endocrine neoplasms (PanNETs) reportable? If so, what is the histology code? Final Apr 05 2012
20120034 Primary site--Brain and CNS: What is the correct site/subsite code? MRI states: left cerebellar venous angioma. According to the WHO Classification of brain/cns tumors, code 9122/0 does not appear under tumors of the cerebellum (C71.6) Final May 11 2012
20120033 Multiple primaries--Heme & Lymphoid Neoplasms: Is this a single primary (Essential thrombocyhemia)?

The patient was originally diagnosed in 2007 with essential thrombocythemia and treated with Hydrea. On 12/4/09 the patient had a bone marrow biopsy showing primary myelofibrosis which the physician states is a transition from the essential thrombocythemia. I could not find reference to this in the rules, and the database calls this 2 primaries? Please advise.

Final Mar 02 2012
20120032 MP/H Rules/Histology--Melanoma: How is the histology coded for an invasive melanoma stated to have a “superficial spreading growth pattern”? See discussion. Final Mar 12 2012
20120031 Grade--Bladder: How is grade coded for an invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder that is stated to be “histologic grade (WHO/ISUP): high grade”? See discussion. Final Mar 12 2012
20120030 MP/H Rules/Histology--Melanoma: What is the correct histology code for a case in which the final diagnosis for an excisional biopsy specimen is reported as “malignant melanoma, superficial spreading type” and in the CAP protocol layout within the same report indicates that the “cell type: epithelioid”? See discussion. Final Mar 12 2012
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