Tumor Tips

Tumor Tip of the Week-11-22-2024 Endocrine Procedures

Scenario: 2024 Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, treated with surgery.  Patient found to be BRCA1 positive, thus recommended to have a Risk Reducing Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy, this was performed 11-22-2024.

Question: How would you code the 11-22-2024 a Risk Reducing Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy/BSO?

    • Do not code, but note it in Text
    • Hematologic Transplant and Endocrine Procedures code 30

Answer: Hematologic Transplant and Endocrine Procedures code 30

SEER Program Coding & Staging Manual 2024-page 224 Hematologic Transplant and Endocrine Procedures

Assign code 30 for endocrine radiation and/or surgery. Endocrine organs are testes and ovaries. Endocrine radiation and/or surgical procedures must be bilateral or must remove the remaining paired organ for hormonal effect.
​​​​​​​Note: Bilateral oophorectomy is coded 30 when it is performed for hormonal effect for breast, endometrial, vaginal, and other primary cancers.

SINQ 20230006

Related Content

Blog

[get_education_types]

Tumor Tip of the Week-04-17-2026 Where in the Small Intestine is that?

Blog

[get_education_types]

Tumor Tip of the Week 04-10-2026 Totally RAD News: SEER and CoC Back in Sync on PI RADS and LI RADS Coding

Blog

[get_education_types]

Tumor Tip of the Week 04-03-2026 To Be Ambiguous or Not To Be Ambiguous

Contact Us

Contact us today to learn how our technology-led, clinically enabled solutions can help your organization thrive.