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. 2016 Oct 15;18(Suppl 5):v1–v75. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now207

Table 2c.

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

Histology ICD-O-3 b Histology Code c
Tumors of Neuroepithelial Tissue
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-glial tumors* 8680/0,1, 8681/1, 8690/1, 8693/1, 9412/1, 9413/0, 9442/1, 9492/0 (excluding site C75.1), 9493/0, 9505/1, 9506/1, 9509/1
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

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

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

cSee the CBTRUS website for additional information about the specific histology codes included in each group: http://www.cbtrus.org.

* All or some of this histology is included in the CBTRUS definition of gliomas, including ICD-O-3 histology codes 9380-9384, 9391-9460.

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