Item # Length Source of Standard Year Implemented Version Implemented Year Retired Version Retired
410 1 SEER/CoC

NAACCR XML: Tumor.laterality

Alternate Names
   Laterality at Diagnosis (SEER)
Description

Code for the side of a paired organ, or the side of the body on which the reportable tumor originated. This applies to the primary site only.

Codes

0Not a paired site
1Right: origin of primary
2Left: origin of primary
3Only one side involved, right or left origin unspecified
4Bilateral involvement at time of diagnosis, lateral origin unknown for a single primary; or both ovaries involved simultaneously, single histology; bilateral retinoblastomas; bilateral Wilms' tumors
5Paired site: midline tumor
9Paired site, but no information concerning laterality