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. 2013 Nov;15(Suppl 2):ii1–ii56. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/not151

Table 1b.

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

Histology ICD-O-3 Histology Code
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue
 Pilocytic astrocytoma 9421/1 [Included with malignant tumors as explained in Brain Tumor Definition Differences]
 Unique astrocytoma variants 9384/1
 Ependymal tumors 9383/1; 9394/1
 Choroid plexus 9390/0,1
 Other neuroepithelial tumors 9363/0; 9444/1
 Neuronal and mixed neuronal- 8680/0,1; 8681/1; 8690/1; 8693/1; 9412/1; 9413/0; 9442/1;
  glial tumors 9492/0 (excluding site C75.1); 9493/0; 9505/1; 9506/1
 Tumors of the pineal region 9360/1; 9361/1
 Embryonal tumors 9490/0
Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves
 Nerve sheath tumors 9540/0,1; 9541/0, 9550/0; 9560/0,1; 9570/0; 9571/0
 Other tumors of cranial and spinal nerves 9562/0
Tumors of Meninges
 Meningioma 9530/0,1; 9531/0; 9532/0; 9533/0; 9534/0; 9537/0; 9538/1; 9539/1
 Mesenchymal tumors 8324/0; 8800/0; 8810/0; 8815/0; 8824/0,1; 8830/0,1; 8831/0; 8835/1; 8836/1;
8850/0,1; 8851/0; 8852/0, 8854/0; 8857/0; 8861/0; 8870/0; 8880/0, 8890/0,1; 8897/1;
8900/0; 8920/1; 8935/0,1; 8990/0,1; 9040/0; 9136/1, 9150/0,1; 9170/0; 9180/0; 9210/0; 9241/0; 9373/0
 Primary melanocytic lesions 8728/0,1; 8770/0; 8771/0
 Other neoplasms related to the meninges 9161/1; 9220/0,1; 9535/0
Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms
 Other hemopoietic neoplasms 9740/1; 9751/1; 9752/1; 9753/1; 9766/1; 9970/1
Germ Cell Tumors and Cysts
 Germ cell tumors, cysts and heterotopias 8440/0; 9080/0,1; 9084/0
Tumors of Sellar Region
Tumors of the pituitary 8040/0,1; 8140/0,1; 8146/0; 8260/0; 8270/0; 8271/0; 8272/0;
8280/0; 8281/0; 8290/0; 8300/0; 8310/0; 8323/0; 9492/0 (site C75.1 only); 9582/0
 Craniopharyngioma 9350/1; 9351/1; 9352/1
Unclassified Tumors
 Hemangioma 9120/0; 9121/0; 9122/0; 9123/0; 9125/0; 9130/0,1; 9131/0; 9133/1
 Neoplasm, unspecified 8000/0,1; 8001/0,1; 8005/0; 8010/0
 All other 8452/1; 8711/0; 8713/0; 8811/0; 8840/0; 9173/0; 9580/0

Based on 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System6

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

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.