✨ Are all your manuals up to date? Referencing the correct manuals is foundational to abstracting. Review the following (list last updated 9/10/2021):
- ICD-O-3 (https://www.naaccr.org/icdo3/)
- most of the material are for 2021+ but the annotated histology list on this site is useful for ALL diagnosis years
- Solid tumor rules (for cases dx 2018) – last updated Dec 9, 2020 (applicable for 2018+ cases; 2021+ cutaneous melanoma)
- find it here: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/solidtumor/
- Note: cutaneous melanoma chapter in STM2018 is new for 2021+, while the rest of SM2018 is applicable to 2018+ cases. For 2018-2020 cutaneous melanoma cases, use the 2007 MP/H: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/solidtumor/Melanoma_2007_MPH.pdf
- Change log: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/solidtumor/revisions.html
- Grade manual – last updated Jan 2021 (applicable for 2018+ cases)
- find it here: https://apps.naaccr.org/ssdi/list/2.0; here’s DIRECT LINK
- grade post therapy clin (yc) is new for 2021+ and can be left blank for cases diagnosed 2018-2020
- they used track changes features so you can see what the changes were in the document
- SSDI manual – last updated Sep 2020 (applicable for 2018+ cases)
- find it here: https://apps.naaccr.org/ssdi/list/2.0; here’s DIRECT LINK
- includes clarifications that are applicable for 2018+
- includes BOTH changes to SSDI that affect 2018+ (schema discriminator 2 soft tissue sarcomas) and those that affect 2021+
- summary of changes: https://www.naaccr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Version-2.0-Changes-for-SSDI-and-Grade-Manuals.5.18-1.pdf?v=1615208183
- Heme coding manual – last updated Aug 2021 (applicable for ✨ 2010+ ✨ cases)
- find it here: https://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/ (click on “Downloads”); here’s DIRECT LINK
- see page 8 for revision history, beware of histologies that were reportable before 2021 but no longer reportable 2021+; also NEW histologies effective 2021+
- list of 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 changes: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/heme/update.html
- no change to link for Heme Database (https://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/) but drop down “help me code for diagnosis year” updated to 2022
- Summary Stage 2018 – last updated Sep 2021 (applicable for 2018+ cases)
- find it here: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/2018-Summary-Stage-Manual.pdf
- change log (latest is v2.0 to v2.1): https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/ssm/change-log.pdf
- STORE manual 2021 – last updated Feb 2021 (applicable for 2021+ cases)
- find it here: https://www.facs.org/Quality-Programs/Cancer/NCDB/call-for-data/cocmanuals
- summary of changes start on page 29
- clarifications to the SARS CoV2 data items (not collected by OCISS but collected by NCDB/CoC) in 3/4/2021 CoC newsletter: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/news/030421/coc
- STORE addendum & Radiation Coding Guides
- find them both here: https://www.facs.org/Quality-Programs/Cancer/NCDB/call-for-data/cocmanuals
- STORE manual 2018 addendum – released Feb 13, 2020 (applicable for 2018+ cases)
- CTR guide to coding radiation therapy treatment in the STORE – last updated Feb 2021 (version 3)
- much of the info is applicable for 2018+ cases but some are specific to 2021+
- there are known errors with examples 8, 22 and 24, prostate & SV is coded to 64, not 98 (http://cancerbulletin.facs.org/forums/node/115179)
- AJCC 8th edition – last errata May 13, 2021 (applicable for 2018+ cases)
- find errata here: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/ajcc/cancer-staging/updates-corrections
- AJCC 8th not collected by OCISS but is collected by NCDB/CoC
- CoC Standards – Optimal Resources for Cancer Care – last updated Feb 2021
- this is specific to CoC facilities
- find it here: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer/coc/standards/2020
- SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual (SPCSM) – 2021 version released Sep 2020
- manual and appendices: https://seer.cancer.gov/tools/codingmanuals/
- this is specific to SEER states (Ohio is NOT a SEER state), however, portions of this manual is very helpful for abstracting in general, such as Appendix C: Site Specific Coding Modules w/ direct links to Solid Tumor Rules, coding helps, and clarifications to STORE’s surgery codes
- 2021 summary of changes: https://seer.cancer.gov/manuals/2021/SPCSM_2021_Changelog.pdf
- 2018 SPCSM Appendix C: Site-Specific Coding Modules – for cases dx 2018-2020: LINK HERE
- 2021 SPCSM Appendix C: Site-Specific Coding Modules – for cases dx 2021+: LINK HERE
- ✨ SEER*RSA (v2.0 released Aug 2020)
- https://staging.seer.cancer.gov/eod_public/list/2.0/
- Not a manual but online searchable reference grouped by schema that encompasses Grade, SSDIs, Summary Stage 2018, few other standard data items along with other SEER specific data items (EOD)
- Click on each data item for the relevant notes from the corresponding manual
