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:** Nodes in contiguous (secondary) and bidirectional (cephalad/caudal) primary nodal basins are coded in EOD Regional Nodes. **Note 3:** Regional lymph nodes include - Iliac (common, external, internal [hypogastric] [obturator], NOS) - Inguinal (superficial [femoral], NOS) - Inguinal, deep (Node of Cloquet or Rosenmuller [highest deep inguinal], NOS) - Pelvic, NOS (including true pelvis) - Perivesical - Presacral - Sacral, NOS **Note 4:** Code 800 if regional lymph nodes are involved, but there is no indication which ones are involved.

Default

999

NAACCR Item

NAACCR #774
Code Description SS2018 N
000 No regional lymph node involvement NONE
300 SINGLE lymph node involved RN
400 MULTIPLE lymph nodes involved 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 medical record Death Certificate Only U
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