Sentinel Lymph Nodes Positive

Description

Records the total number of lymph nodes sampled during the sentinel node biopsy and examined by the pathologist.

Notes

**Note:** Record this field even if there has been preoperative treatment.

Default

99

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #835
Code Description
00 All sentinel nodes examined are negative
01-89 1 - 89 Sentinel nodes are positive (code exact number of nodes positive)
90 90 or more Sentinel nodes are positive
95 Positive aspiration of sentinel lymph node(s) was performed
97 Positive sentinel nodes are documented, but the number is unspecified; For breast ONLY: SLN and RLND occurred during the same procedure
98 No sentinel nodes were biopsied
99 It is unknown whether sentinel nodes are positive Not applicable Not stated in patient record