Grade Post Therapy Path (yp) (Melanoma Head and Neck)

Note 1 Leave Grade Post Therapy Path (yp) blank when

• No neoadjuvant therapy

• Clinical or pathological case only

• Neoadjuvant therapy completed; surgical resection not done

• There is only one grade available, and it cannot be determined if it is clinical, pathological, post therapy clinical or post therapy pathological

Note 2 Assign the highest grade from the resected primary tumor assessed after the completion of neoadjuvant therapy.

Note 3 If there are multiple tumors with different grades abstracted as one primary, code the highest grade.

Note 4 Use the grade from the post therapy clinical work up from the primary tumor in different scenarios based on behavior or surgical resection

• Behavior

• Tumor behavior for the post therapy clinical and the post therapy pathological diagnoses are the same AND the post therapy clinical grade is the highest grade

• Tumor behavior for post therapy clinical diagnosis is invasive, and the tumor behavior for the post therapy pathological diagnosis is in situ

• Surgical Resection

• Surgical resection is done of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy is completed and there is no grade documented from the surgical resection

• Surgical resection is done of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy is completed and there is no residual cancer

Note 5 Code 9 (unknown) when

• Surgical resection is done after neoadjuvant therapy and grade from the primary site is not documented and there is no grade from the post therapy clinical work up

• Surgical resection is done after neoadjuvant therapy and there is no residual cancer and there is no grade from the post therapy clinical work up

• Grade checked "not applicable" on CAP Protocol (if available) and no other grade information is available