Lymph Nodes Assessment Method Femoral-Inguinal
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of femoral-inguinal assessment method can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.
**Note 2:** The following are femoral-inguinal nodes
* Femoral
* Inguinal, NOS
+ Inguinofemoral (groin)
+ Node of Cloquet or Rosenmuller (highest deep inguinal)
+ Superficial inguinal
**Note 3:** Assign the highest applicable code (0-2) in the case of multiple assessments.
**Note 4:** For this data item, do not include isolated tumor cells (ITCs).
**Note 5:** If there is no mention of femoral-inguinal lymph node involvement in the workup, and the status data item: *LN Status: Femoral-Inguinal* does not indicate positive femoral-inguinal nodes, code 0.
**Note 6:** The assessment results are recorded in LN Status: Femoral-Inguinal [NAACCR Data Item #3959].
Default
8
Metadata
SSDI
Code |
Description |
0 |
Radiography, imaging
(Ultrasound (US), computed tomography scan (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography scan (PET))
Physical exam only |
1 |
Incisional biopsy; fine needle aspiration (FNA) |
2 |
Lymphadenectomy
Sentinel node biopsy
Excisional biopsy or resection with microscopic confirmation |
7 |
Femoral-inguinal lymph node(s) assessed, unknown assessment method |
8 |
Not applicable: Information not collected for this case
(If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 will result in an edit error.) |
9 |
Not documented in medical record
Femoral-inguinal lymph node(s) not assessed or unknown if assessed |