Pr/08/02 Coding of Paget's disease of nipple with microinvasion

Site: Breast

Implement from diagnosis date:

Agreed by: C&CG

Date agreed by: 08/02/2008

Confirmed by RSG: 17/04/2008

Microinvasive carcinoma with Paget's disease of the nipple must be recorded to 8541/3 not with behaviour code 5 microinvasive, as Paget's is by definition an invasive tumour.