CS Site-Specific Factor 3

Number of Regional Lymph Nodes with Extracapsular Tumor

Notes

**Note**: Record the information from the pathology report. If no nodes are removed, code 998. If the pathology report is unavailable, use code 997.

Default

988

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #2900
Code Description
000 All nodes examined negative for cancer involvement
All nodes examined negative for extracapsular tumor
001-089 1 - 89 nodes positive for extracapsular tumor
(Exact number of nodes with extracapsular tumor.)
090 Nodes positive for extracapsular tumor, number unknown or not stated
097 OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0203
See code 990

Positive nodes, not stated if extracapsular tumor present
098 OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0203
See code 998

No nodes examined
888 OBSOLETE DATA CONVERTED V0200
See code 988

Not applicable for this site
988 Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(May include cases converted from code 888 used in CSv1 for "Not applicable" or when the item was not collected. If this item is required to derive T, N, M, or any stage, use of code 988 may result in an error.)
990 Positive nodes, not stated if extracapsular tumor present
997 Histopathologic examination of lymph nodes performed, results not available
998 No histopathologic examination of lymph nodes
999 Unknown if regional lymph node(s) involved pathologically
Not documented in patient record