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:** Code this data item for the lower third of the vagina only.
* Code 9 for upper two thirds of the vagina, or unknown whether it’s the lower third or upper two thirds
**Note 4:** For this data item, do not include isolated tumor cells (ITCs).
**Note 5:** Assign the highest applicable code (0-2) in the case of multiple assessments.
**Note 6:** Code 0 when there is only imaging or a physical exam.
**Note 7:** 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 |
