Coding Manuals Effective Dates

Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Diseases (Errata and
Clarifications only)

• Errata # 2 10/1/2006
  Updates to ICD-9-CM codes used in book
  * Note- Even though the errata is dated 10/1/06, the ACR made this effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/07 forward
• Treatment Errata 10/1/2005
  * Note- Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/05 forward
• Clarifications Issued 5/22/2001
  

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Sixth edition (Updates only)

• Updated Manual and Handbook Pages
• A packet describing the updates and containing instructions for making changes was sent to Arizona registrars from the ACR in late 2006.  Revisions are effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/2003 forward.  The components are:
  6th ed. Updates Memo
  Sixth Edition AJCC Improvements and Changes 07162003
  RMCDS Users Subsetting and Listings Guidelines
  Critical Data Changes Form AJCC Staging

       
AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, First through Fifth editions
You may download the first five editions of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual free of charge from http://cancerstaging.org/products/pasteditions.html

Collaborative Staging Manual and Coding Instructions, Version 1.04

Conversion packet version 01.04.01 was issued to hospitals in April 2008. Instructions revised and reissued in June 2008.

• Instructions for Converting to CS Version 010401 Updated June 2008
• Summary of Updates
• Recoding Instructions for CS Version 010401
• Critical Data Change Form CS Version 010401

Data Collection of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors

FORDS Updates
Update 2008- Changes to AJCC TNM Staging Requirements
Effective for cases diagnosed on or after January 1, 2008.

Errata- Update 2007a (Note- These pages were distributed by the ACR with the FORDS 2007 Manual)

FORDS: Revised for 2007

FORDS- Previous Editions

• The “original” FORDS, effective for cases diagnosed in 2003 only
• FORDS:  Revised for 2004
• FORDS:  Revised for 2004 plus updated/revised material for use in 2006

Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS)
Effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/1997 through 12/31/2002.
Includes the following:

• ROADS 1996-  Effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/1997 through 12/31/1997
• ROADS 1998-  Effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/1998 through 12/31/2002 (with the exception of surgical data items revisions, which were effective with cases on file 12/1/98)

  Updates pages for ROADS 1998 (On CoC web site):

  • Update pages to ROADS 1998 (Dated August, 2000)
  • Update Pages for Appendix D, Site-Specific Surgery Codes (Dated August, 2000)
  • Type of First Recurrence (dated October 2000)
  • Other Type of First Recurrence (dated October 2000)
  • Race 1-5 (dated January 2001, for implementation with 2000 diagnoses)
  • Tumor Size (dated January 2002, for implementation with 2002 diagnoses)

International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (Errata and Clarifications Only)

• Errata and Clarifications 5/22/2001: Includes changes that affect reportability
• Errata and Clarifications Set #2 - 5/6/2003

Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules Manual

Note: There is no effective date for replacement pages.

• Benign Brain & CNS Replacement Pages (Released May 06, 2008)
  
• Clarification of rule H11, “Other Sites” (matrix format) regarding papillary carcinomas of the thyroid Replacement Pages (Released February 2008)
  
• Replacement Pages (Released November 2007)
  

Registry Plus Online Help 
RegistryPlus Online Help (RPOH) is a downloadable program that includes electronic versions of:

• FORDS 2009
• Collaborative Staging version 01.04.00
• Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules
• ICD-O-3
• SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual, 2007 
• Descriptions of all current standard edits

Click on the "Technical Information and Installation" link for downloading instructions:

1. Select "Registry Plus" under Tools.
2. Select "Online Help" under Registry Plus Components.
3. Select "Technical Information and Installation." 
4. Follow the instructions to download and install or upgrade the application on your computer.

SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual, 2007
Effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/2007 forward. 

SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual, 2004 (Revision 1)
Effective for cases diagnosed from 1/1/2004 through 12/31/2006.  2004 edition is the last row under the "Coding Manuals" heading.

SEER Program Code Manual, (3rd Edition, 1998)
Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/1998 through 12/31/2003. The third edition is the second to last row under the "Coding Manuals" heading.

SEER Summary Staging Manual-2000
Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/2001 through 12/31/2003 
(Non-analytic cases 1/1/2001 – present).

Errata- Apply to 1st printing of manual; errata incorporated into 2nd printing (January 2006)

• Issued 6/14/2001
• Issued 8/20/2002

SEER Summary Staging Guide April 1977
Effective for cases diagnosed 1/1/1977 through 12/31/2000

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