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. 2012 Nov;14(Suppl 5):v1–v49. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos218

Table 1a.

Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS), Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Malignant Histologies

Histology ICD-O-3 Histology Code
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue
 Pilocytic astrocytoma 9421/1 [Included with malignant tumors]
 Diffuse astrocytoma 9400/3, 9410/3, 9411/3, 9420/3
 Anaplastic astrocytoma 9401/3
 Unique astrocytoma variants 9381/3, 9424/3
 Glioblastoma 9440/3, 9441/3, 9442/3
 Oligodendroglioma 9450/3
 Anaplastic oligodendroglioma 9451/3, 9460/3
 Oligoastrocytic tumors 9382/3
 Ependymal tumors 9391/3, 9392/3, 9393/3
 Glioma malignant, NOS 9380/3
 Choroid plexus 9390/3
 Other neuroepithelial tumors 9423/3, 9430/3
 Neuronal and mixed neuronal- glial tumors 8680/3, 8693/3, 9505/3, 9522/3, 9523/3
 Tumors of the pineal region 9362/3
 Embryonal tumors 8963/3, 9364/3, 9470/3, 9471/3, 9472/3,9473/3, 9474/3,
9490/3, 9500/3, 9501/3, 9502/3, 9508/3
Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves
 Nerve sheath tumors 9540/3, 9560/3, 9561/3, 9571/3
Tumors of Meninges
 Meningioma 9530/3, 9538/3, 9539/3
 Mesenchymal tumors 8800/3, 8801/3, 8802/3, 8803/3, 8804/3, 8805/3, 8806/3, 8810/3, 8815/3, 8830/3,
8850/3, 8851/3, 8852/3, 8853/3, 8854/3, 8857/3, 8890/3, 8900/3, 8901/3, 8902/3,
8910/3, 8912/3, 8920/3, 8921/3, 8990/3, 9040/3, 9150/3, 9170/3, 9180/3, 9260/3, 9480/3
 Primary melanocytic lesions 8720/3, 8728/3, 8770/3, 8771/3
 Other neoplasms related to the meninges 9220/3, 9231/3, 9240/3, 9243/3, 9370/3, 9371/3, 9372/3
Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms
 Lymphoma 9590/3, 9591/3, 9596/3, 9650/3, 9651/3, 9652/3, 9653/3, 9654/3, 9655/3, 9659/3,
9661/3, 9662/3, 9663/3, 9664/3, 9665/3, 9667/3, 9670/3, 9671/3, 9673/3, 9675/3,
9680/3, 9684/3, 9687/3, 9690/3, 9691/3, 9695/3, 9698/3, 9699/3, 9701/3, 9702/3,
9705/3, 9714/3, 9719/3, 9728/3, 9729/3
 Other hemopoietic neoplasms 9727/3, 9731/3, 9733/3, 9734/3, 9740/3, 9741/3, 9750/3, 9754/3, 9755/3, 9756/3, 9757/3, 9758/3,
9760/3, 9823/3, 9826/3, 9827/3, 9832/3, 9837/3, 9860/3, 9861/3, 9866/3, 9930/3
Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts
 Germ cell tumors, cysts and 8020/3, 8440/3, 9060/3, 9061/3, 9064/3, 9065/3, 9070/3, 9071/3, 9072/3, 9080/3,
  heterotopias 9081/3, 9082/3, 9083/3, 9084/3, 9085/3, 9100/3, 9101/3
Tumors of Sellar Region
 Tumors of the pituitary 8140/3, 8246/3, 8260/3, 8270/3, 8272/3, 8280/3, 8281/3, 8290/3, 8300/3, 8310/3, 8323/3
Unclassified Tumors
 Hemangioma 9120/3, 9130/3, 9133/3, 9140/3
 Neoplasm, unspecified 8000/3, 8001/3, 8002/3, 8003/3, 8004/3, 8005/3, 8010/3, 8021/3
 All other 8320/3, 8710/3, 8711/3, 8811/3, 8840/3, 8896/3, 8980/3, 9503/3, 9580/3

Includes all the histologies listed in the standard definition of reportable brain tumors from the Consensus Conference10 on Brain Tumor Definitions.

International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition, 2000. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abbreviations: CBTRUS, Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States; NOS, not otherwise specified.