Scenario 1: 2022 [SEER Facility]
09-02-2022 CT Chest: 2.5cm RUL mass characteristic of malignancy
No other info available
Question: Is this reportable?
- Yes
- No
Answer: Yes
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2022
Ambiguous Terms for Reportability
Equivalent to “Diagnostic for” malignancy or reportable diagnosis. These phrases are reportable when no other information is available.
• Considered to be [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• Characteristic of [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• Appears to be a [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• Most compatible with [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• Most certainly [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• In keeping with
Scenario 2: 2022 [SEER Facility]
09-02-2022 Prostate biopsy-atypical cells highly suspicious for, but not diagnostic of malignancy
No other info available
Question: Is this reportable?
- Yes
- No
Answer: No
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2022
Ambiguous Terms for Reportability
Equivalent to “Not diagnostic for” malignancy or reportable diagnosis. These phrases are NOT reportable when no other information is available.
• Highly suspicious for, but not diagnostic of [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]
• Most compatible with a [non-reportable diagnosis] such as a [reportable diagnosis]
• High probability for [malignancy or reportable diagnosis]