SEER Inquiry System - Report
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Question 20000532
Inquiry Details
References:
SEER EOD-88, 3rd Ed, 9
Question:
EOD-Pathologic Review of Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Positive and Examined: Should a lymph node biopsy be counted in these fields or are these fields for lymph node dissections only? See discussion.
Discussion:
Example: 1) Lymph node biopsy: adenocarcinoma. 2) Lymph node dissection: 4/15 regional lymph nodes positive for adenocarcinoma.
Answer:
For cases diagnosed 1998-2003:
These fields record the number of regional lymph nodes examined pathologically whether from a biopsy or from a dissection. If the single lymph node biopsied was a regional lymph node, code the Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Positive field to 05 and the Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Examined field to 16. If the lymph node biopsied was a distant node, code these fields to 04 and 15 respectively.
Cancer Site Category:
N/A
Data Item Category:
N/A
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2000