LN Status: Femoral-Inguinal
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of femoral-inguinal status can be used to code this data item when no other information is available.
**Note 2:** 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 3:** The following are femoral-inguinal nodes.
* Femoral
* Inguinal, NOS
* Inguinofemoral (groin)
* Node of Cloquet or Rosenmuller (highest deep inguinal)
* Superficial inguinal
**Note 4:** If there is no mention of femoral-inguinal lymph node involvement in the area being imaged, biopsied, or in the surgical field and there is no mention of involvement, then assume that the femoral-inguinal lymph nodes are negative.
**Note 5:** For this data item, do not include isolated tumor cells (ITCs).
**Note 6:** Code 9 when there is no imaging, biopsy, surgical workup, or a physical exam only.
**Note 7:** The assessment method is recorded in LN Assessment Method Femoral-Inguinal [NAACCR Data Item #3871]
Default
8
Metadata
SSDI
| LN Status Femoral-Inguinal |
Description |
| 0 |
Negative femoral-inguinal lymph nodes |
| 1 |
Positive femoral-inguinal lymph nodes |
| 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
Femoral-Inguinal lymph node(s) not assessed or unknown if assessed |
