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Question 20051011
Inquiry Details
References:
#1: CS Manual, Part II, 460, 464. Version 1.1, Aug. 12, 2004
#2: 2004 SEER Manual, 114-115, C478, C482
Question:
CS Lymph Nodes/CS Site Specific Factor--Breast: When there are no lymph nodes removed and none palpable for an inflammatory breast cancer and the physician stages the case Nx, is the CS Lymph Node field code to 00 [None, no regional lymph nodes involved] or 99 [Unknown, not stated] and would SSF 4 and 5 be coded to 000 [Regional lymph nodes negative...] or 888 [Not applicable]?
Discussion:
Answer:
This answer was provided in the context of CSv1 coding guidelines. The response may not be used after your registry database has been converted to CSv2.
Code CS Lymph Nodes 00 [clinically negative]. See note 3 for CS Lymph Nodes.
Code SSF 4 and 5 000 [Nodes clinically negative].
Cancer Site Category:
Breast
Data Item Category:
N/A
Other Category:
N/A
Year:
2005