ODS PRACTICE EXAM - OPEN BOOK - PART 4 -
CANCER REGISTRY CODING AND ABSTRACTION
The site for an infiltrating urothelial carcinoma, high grade, of the lateral wall and dome
of the bladder would be coded as:
A) C67.8
B) C67.2
C) C67.1
D) C67.5 - Answers -A) C67.8
What is the histology for an anaplastic astrocytoma of the temporal lobe?
A) 9401/1
B) 9400/1
C) 9401/3
D) 94003 - Answers -C) 9401/3
What is the site-specific surgery code for the following procedure performed for a
rectum primary: abdominoperineal resection.
A) A300
B) A400
C) A500
D) A600 - Answers -C) A500
Operative Report TURBT Large tumor lateral to left ureteral orifice. Completely
resected. Pathology Reports TURB: Papillary
urothelial carcinoma, non-invasive. No smooth muscle invasion seen. What is the
clinical stage group?
A) 99
B) 0a
C) 0
D) c2 - Answers -B) 0a
A patient is diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma in February 2007 treated with
radiation therapy. He returns in March 2010
following s prostate biopsy showing adenocarcinoma. This is:
A) A second primary
B) Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is always a single primary.
C) It depends on what the clinician says.
, D) It is impossible to know if it is a single or multiple primary. - Answers -B)
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is always a single primary.
A poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis would be primary site
coded as:
A) C32.0
B) C32.2
C) C32.1
D) C32.3 - Answers -A) C32.0
In a case of staging a gallbladder cancer, A tumor invading the perimuscular connective
tissue on the peritoneal side, without
involvement of the serosa (visceral peritoneum) would be what category of AJCC T?
A) T2a
B) T2b
C) T2
D) T1b - Answers -A) T2a
In a case of a primary lung tumor with multiple nodules in the opposite lung, the
reference to determine the number of primaries
would be the Multiple Tumor module.
True or False - Answers -True
A patient previously had a hysterectomy. What is the site specific surgery code for the
following procedure performed for an ovarian
primary: Unilateral (salpingo-) oophorectomy
A) A350
B) A510
C) A360
D) A370 - Answers -C) A360
The patient had a hemicolectomy which showed a 5cm adenocarcinoma, moderately
differentiated, with extension through the
muscularis propria. There was 1 positive of 13 nodes examined, and a tumor deposit in
the mesentery. What is the N category?
A) N2
B) N1a
C) N2b
D) N2c - Answers -B) N1a
Summary Stage identifies localized cancer by what code(s)?
CANCER REGISTRY CODING AND ABSTRACTION
The site for an infiltrating urothelial carcinoma, high grade, of the lateral wall and dome
of the bladder would be coded as:
A) C67.8
B) C67.2
C) C67.1
D) C67.5 - Answers -A) C67.8
What is the histology for an anaplastic astrocytoma of the temporal lobe?
A) 9401/1
B) 9400/1
C) 9401/3
D) 94003 - Answers -C) 9401/3
What is the site-specific surgery code for the following procedure performed for a
rectum primary: abdominoperineal resection.
A) A300
B) A400
C) A500
D) A600 - Answers -C) A500
Operative Report TURBT Large tumor lateral to left ureteral orifice. Completely
resected. Pathology Reports TURB: Papillary
urothelial carcinoma, non-invasive. No smooth muscle invasion seen. What is the
clinical stage group?
A) 99
B) 0a
C) 0
D) c2 - Answers -B) 0a
A patient is diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma in February 2007 treated with
radiation therapy. He returns in March 2010
following s prostate biopsy showing adenocarcinoma. This is:
A) A second primary
B) Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is always a single primary.
C) It depends on what the clinician says.
, D) It is impossible to know if it is a single or multiple primary. - Answers -B)
Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is always a single primary.
A poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis would be primary site
coded as:
A) C32.0
B) C32.2
C) C32.1
D) C32.3 - Answers -A) C32.0
In a case of staging a gallbladder cancer, A tumor invading the perimuscular connective
tissue on the peritoneal side, without
involvement of the serosa (visceral peritoneum) would be what category of AJCC T?
A) T2a
B) T2b
C) T2
D) T1b - Answers -A) T2a
In a case of a primary lung tumor with multiple nodules in the opposite lung, the
reference to determine the number of primaries
would be the Multiple Tumor module.
True or False - Answers -True
A patient previously had a hysterectomy. What is the site specific surgery code for the
following procedure performed for an ovarian
primary: Unilateral (salpingo-) oophorectomy
A) A350
B) A510
C) A360
D) A370 - Answers -C) A360
The patient had a hemicolectomy which showed a 5cm adenocarcinoma, moderately
differentiated, with extension through the
muscularis propria. There was 1 positive of 13 nodes examined, and a tumor deposit in
the mesentery. What is the N category?
A) N2
B) N1a
C) N2b
D) N2c - Answers -B) N1a
Summary Stage identifies localized cancer by what code(s)?
