SEER Cause of Death Recode

For reporting of cancer mortality data, SEER has defined major site groups based on the International Classification of Diseases versions 6-10 for year of death 1950+ and 8-10 for year of death 1969+. The site groupings are defined consistently over time to facilitate reporting of long term trends.

Version	Details
Current Definitions
COD Recode 1969+ (9/17/2004)	Introduced to account for several newly valid ICD-10 codes Definition includes both cancer and non-cancer causes of death Based on ICD 8-10 Definition for the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2002 Definition for the "COD to Site Recode" variable in the SEER 1973-2002 Public-Use Data Definition for the "Cause of Death Recode" variable in the 1969-2002 Public-Use US Mortality Data Available as "Cause of Death Recode" in SEER*Prep 2.3 and later (not available in previous versions)
COD Recode 1950+ (4/15/2002)	Definition only includes cancer causes of death Based on ICD 6-10 Definition for the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2001, 1975-2000, and 1973-1999 Not available in SEER*Prep
Historic Definition
COD Recode 1969+ (3/25/2004)	Introduced to more consistently define several non-cancer causes of death over time Definition includes both cancer and non-cancer causes of death Based on ICD 8-10 Definition for the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2001 Definition for the "COD to Site Recode" variable in the SEER 1973-2001 Public-Use Data Definition for the "Cause of Death Recode" variable in the 1969-2001 Public-Use US Mortality Data available in SEER*Stat Available as "Cause of Death Recode" in SEER*Prep 2.2 (not available in previous versions)
COD Recode 1969+ (1/27/2003)	Introduced to be compatible with changes to SEER Incidence Site Recode needed to accommodate ICD-O-3 Definition includes both cancer and non-cancer causes of death Based on ICD 8-10 Definition for the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000 Definition for the "Cause of Death to SEER Site Recode" variable in the SEER 1973-2000 Public-Use Data Definition for the "Cause of Death Recode" variable in the 1969-2000 Public-Use US Mortality Data available in SEER*Stat Not available in SEER*Prep 2.2 and later Available as "Cause of Death Recode" in SEER*Prep 2.0 and 2.1 (not available in previous versions)
COD Recode 1969+ (4/15/2002)	Definition includes both cancer and non-cancer causes of death Based on ICD 8-10 Definition for the SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1999 Definition for the "Cause of death to SEER Site Recode" variable in the SEER 1973-1999 Public-Use Data Definition for the "Cause of Death Recode" variable in the 1969-1999 Public-Use US Mortality Data available in SEER*Stat Not available in SEER*Prep 2.2 and later Available as "Cause of death recode (old-4/2002)" in SEER*Prep 2.0 and 2.1 Available as "Cause of death recode" in SEER*Prep 1.9