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This variable is contained in the following files:
SAS Name
METASTASIS
Metastasis staging.
Source: Oncology Care Model Data Registry
| Code | Code value |
|---|---|
| M0 | |
| M1 | |
| M1a | |
| M1a(0) | |
| M1a(1) | |
| M1b | |
| M1b(0) | |
| M1b(1) | |
| M1c | |
| M1c(0) | |
| M1c(1) | |
| M1d | |
| M1d(0) | |
| M1d(1) | |
| cM0(i+) | |
| pM1 | |
| pM1a | |
| pM1b | |
| pM1c | |
| Null/missing | n/a (not required for cancer type); or not reported by OCM participant (reference details in the RPTD_TO_RGSTRY codebook entry) |
Practices were required to report clinical and staging data associated with each beneficiary’s assigned cancer. The Metastasis (M) category describes the presence of distant metastasis in sites and/or organs outside the local tumor area and regional nodes as defined by cancer site.
Metastasis reporting was required for breast cancer, female GU other than ovarian cancer, gastro-esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, malignant melanoma, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer, and for the following cancer types for specific diagnosis codes: