Lymph Nodes Laterality

Notes

**Note:** Physician statement of lymph node laterality can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.

Default

8

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #3881

Metadata

SSDI
Code Description
0 No regional lymph node involvement Non-invasive neoplasm (behavior /2)
1 Unilateral - all positive regional nodes with same laterality OR only one regional node positive
2 Bilateral - positive bilateral regional lymph nodes
3 Laterality unknown - positive regional lymph nodes with unknown laterality
8 Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this information is required by your standard setter, use of code 8 may result in an edit error.)
9 Not documented in medical record Lymph node laterality not assessed or unknown if assessed