EOD Regional Nodes
This input is used for staging
Notes
**Note:** Code only regional nodes and nodes, NOS, in this field. Distant nodes are coded in EOD Mets.
Default
999
Code |
Description |
SS2018 N |
000 |
No regional lymph node involvement |
NONE |
300 |
Choledochal
Common bile duct
Cystic duct (node of the neck of the gallbladder) (Calot's node)
Hepatic
Hepatic artery
Hilar (porta hepatic) (portal) (in hilus of liver)
Node of foramen of Winslow (omental) (epiploic)
Pancreaticoduodenal, posterior
Pericholedochal (node along common bile duct)
Periduodenal
Peripancreatic (near head of pancreas only)
Periportal
Portal |
RN |
800 |
Regional lymph node(s), NOS
Lymph node(s), NOS |
RN |
999 |
Unknown; regional lymph node(s) not stated
Regional lymph node(s) cannot be assessed
Not documented in patient record
Death Certificate Only |
U |
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