NAACCR Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations
The NAACCR Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations provide cancer registries and software vendors with a plan to assist with the implementation of the NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary (DS&DD) in a timely manner.
NAACCR 2025 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations (Revised August 2024)
- NAACCR 2024 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations – Revised October 2023
- 2023 NAACCR Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations (January 2023)
- NAACCR 2022 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations – Revised June 2022)
- NAACCR 2021 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations – Revised February 2021
- NAACCR 2021 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations– Revised October 2020
- NAACCR 2018 Implementation Guidelines and Recommendations – Revised November 2018
- What You Need to Know for 2017 – Revised March 2017
- NAACCR 2016 Implementation Guidelines, Version 1.5– Revised June 2016
- NAACCR 2015 Implementation Guidelines– Revised May 2015
- Heme and Prostate Conversions NAACCR v15 Northcon – April 2015
- Specifications for Program to Convert Records from NAACCR Record Layout Version 14 to Version 15 – April 2015
- NAACCR 2013 Implementation Guidelines – August 2012
- NAACCR 2010 Implementation Guidelines – Revised June 2010
- NAACCR 2007 Implementation Guidelines – Revised December 2006
- NAACCR 2006 Implementation Guidelines – Revised February 2006
- NAACCR 2004 Implementation Guidelines – Revised November 2003/Errata February 2004
- NAACCR 2003 Implementation Guidelines – Revised January 2003
v25 Implementation Reference
Below are links to key resources registries may find useful as they plan to transition to v25.
- NAACCR 2025 Implementation Guidelines
- NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary (formerly Volume II)
- NAACCR XML Dictionaries
- NAACCR v25A Edits Metafile (including Changes Spreadsheet)
- SEER Program Coding and Staging Manual (includes Summary of Changes)
- Commission on Cancer STORE Manual
- Site Specific Data Items (SSDI) and Grade Manual v3.2 (includes change log)
- AJCC Cancer Staging System
- SEER RSA (EOD, Summary Stage, SSDI’s, Grade) v3.2 also includes summary of changes)
- Summary Stage 2018 (includes revision history)
- Extent of Disease (EOD) 2018 Manual (includes change log)
- Solid Tumor Rules (includes summary and changes)
- ICD O 3.2 (no update for 2025. Continue to use 2024 Annotated Histology List and 3.2 update).
- Cancer PathCHART Morphology Validation List and Search tool
- Hematopoietic Manual and Database (see revision history on the left)
- Surgery Codes and Surgery Code Crosswalks (no changes for 2025)
