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Historical Staging and Coding Manuals

These manuals are historical coding instructions. See the SEER Coding and Staging Manuals for the most recent documents. The files are provided below in PDF format and are also available for order on CD-ROM.

Title	Date Range
Extent of Disease
Extent of Disease Codes and Coding Instructions April 1977 [5.2 MB]	1977-1982
Extent of Disease new 4-digit schemes 1983 [2.4 MB]	1983
Extent of Disease new 4-digit schemes 1984 [2.4 MB]	1984
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 [4.7 MB]	1988
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (revised 1989) [5.2 MB]	1989
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (revised 1990) [5.5 MB]	1990-1991
SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (second edition) [5.5 MB]	1992-1997
SEER Extent of Disease 1988, Codes and Coding Instructions (3rd Edition, 1998) [654 KB] Prostate Clinical Extension Codes for 1994 only - these extension codes were only used for cases diagnosed in 1994. Prostate Clinical and Pathological Extension codes for 1995-1997 - these extension codes were only used for cases diagnosed 1995-1997. SEER Lymph Node Fields [743 KB] - review of lymph node surgery and EOD data items and the regional lymph nodes for major cancer sites.	1988-2003
Coding Manuals
End Results Group 1967 Code Manual [9.3 MB]	1967-1972
SEER Code Manual 1976 [2.7 MB]	1976-1978
Code Manual 1979 [3.4 MB]	1979-1982
Code Manual (1984 revision) [3.1 MB]	1983-1987
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 [5.5 MB]	1988
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised 1989) [8.2 MB]	1989
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised 1990) [1.9 MB]	1990-1991
SEER Program Code Manual 1988 (revised edition 1992) [8.3 MB]	1992-1997
SEER Program Code Manual (3rd Edition, 1998) [486 KB] Appendix A [19 KB] - County Codes; Appendix B [48 KB] - SEER Geo-Codes for Coding Place of Birth; Appendix C [204 KB] - Site-Specific Surgery Codes; Appendix D [204KB] - Two-Digit Site-Specific Surgery Codes (1983-1997); Appendix F [220 KB] - SEER Site-Specific Surgery of Primary Site Codes SEER Field and Code Changes for 2003 [185 KB] 2003 Replacement Pages for SEER Treatment Codes [224 KB]	1998-2003
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2004, Revision 1 [597 KB] Appendix A [103 KB] - County Codes; Appendix B [47 KB] - SEER Geo-Codes; Appendix C Site-Specific Coding Modules; Part 1: C00.0 - C26.9 [999 KB] Part 2: C30.0 - C48.8 [547 KB] Part 3: C50.0 - C80.9 [806 KB] Appendix D [62 KB] - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics	2004-2006
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2007 with 2008 Revisions [2.48 MB] Appendix A [1.11 MB] - County Codes; Appendix B [911 KB] - SEER Geo-Codes; Appendix C Site-Specific Coding Modules; Part 1: C00.0 - C14.8 [3.47 MB] Part 2: C15.0 - C26.9 [3.98 MB] Part 3: C30.0 - C39.9 [2.83 MB] Part 4: C40.0 - C49.9 [2.09 MB] Part 5: C50.0 - C63.9 [5.09 MB] Part 6: C64.9 - C80.9 [7.60 MB] Appendix D [1.02 MB] - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics	2007-2009
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2010 [907 KB] Appendix A [698 KB]- County Codes Appendix B [143 KB] - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D [695 KB] - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Revision History	2010
SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual 2011 [907 KB] Appendix A [698 KB]- County Codes Appendix B [143 KB] - SEER Place of Birth/Death Geocodes Appendix C - Site Specific Coding Modules Appendix D [695 KB] - Race and Nationality Descriptions from the 2000 Census and Bureau of Vital Statistics Summary of Changes (PDF) provides the list of changes included in this release.	2011
Staging
Summary Staging Guide April 1977 [4.3 MB]	1977-2000
Comparative Staging Guide version 1.1 (compares to TNM 3rd edition) [3.1 MB]	1993-2000
Summary Staging Manual 2000	2001-current
Surgery
Diagnostic Procedures April 1977 [498 KB]	1977-1987
Site-Specific Surgery Codes [510 KB]	1983-1987
Miscellaneous
Geocoding for Place of Birth April 1977 [938 KB]	1977-1987
Informational Guidebook Training Aids 1975 [6.2 MB] (reference only; not a code manual)	1975
Quality Control for Cancer Registries [9.2 MB]	1985-current
Abstracting Instructions Extent of Disease and Diagnostic Procedures April 1977 [1.6 MB]	1977-1987
Codes for Primary Site and Histologic Type October 1975 [4.8 MB]	1973-1976

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