EOD Regional Nodes

This input is used for staging

Notes

**Note 1:** Code only regional nodes and nodes, NOS, in this field. Distant nodes are coded in EOD Mets. **Note 2:** Regional nodes includes bilateral and contralateral involvement of named nodes.

Default

999

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #774

Code	Description	SS2018 N
000	No regional lymph node involvement	NONE
300	Celiac Cystic duct (node of Calot) Node of foramen of Winslow (epiploic) (omental) Pancreaticoduodenal Pericholedochal (common bile duct) Periduodenal Peripancreatic (near head of pancreas only) Porta hepatis (portal) (periportal) (hilar) Superior mesenteric	RN
700	Para-aortic Peripancreatic (along body and tail of pancreas only)	D
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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